NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
By Ann-Marie Foster
BBC News NI
A survivor of abuse at the notorious Kincora Boys’ home in Belfast has made a passionate appeal for politicians to take urgent action to help other victims of institutional abuse.
Hundreds of victims gave evidence about their experiences at a number of institutions in Northern Ireland to the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry last year.
Its chairman, Sir Anthony Hart, presented his final report in January, making a series of recommendations including a memorial, financial compensation and a public apology from the Northern Ireland Executive.
But Stormont collapsed in January – days after the report was published – and, without an executive, the recommendations cannot be enacted.
Last year, Clint Massey, from Bangor, County Down, told the inquiry about being sexually abused at Kincora, a home in east Belfast. Three senior care staff at the home were jailed in 1981 for abusing 11 boys in their care.
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