SCOTLAND
SBS
Dan Vevers
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will resume hearing evidence as part of the first phase of its investigations in October.
The inquiry is examining historical allegations about the abuse of children in care and has been taking statements from witnesses since last spring.
Fresh hearings to wrap up the inquiry’s first phase will begin in Rosebery House in Edinburgh on October 31 and will include expert testimony.
Investigators also announced they will launch the second phase of the inquiry on November 28, which will start by focusing on two children’s homes in South Lanarkshire run by the Catholic Church.
They are Smyllum Park in Lanark and Bellevue House in Rutherglen, both run by the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul.
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