GLASGOW (SCOTLAND)
BBC
January 23, 2018
Leon Carberry spoke to BBC Scotland via Skype after giving evidence to the inquiry
A retired police officer has called for the Catholic Church to be held responsible for the sexual and physical abuse he suffered at a Lanarkshire orphanage during the 1950s.
Leon Carberry said he was regularly beaten and humiliated by a nun at the Smyllum Park home in Lanark.
He also claimed that a man who worked there made him perform a sex act.
Mr Carberrry said nuns lied to him about his brother’s death and he still does not know where he is buried.
The former policeman, who has waived his right to anonymity, was giving evidence to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry via video link from Australia.
His brother David died aged four while living at Smyllum in 1955.
In an interview with BBC Scotland after giving evidence, Mr Carberry said physical abuse was administered either by using straps, a hairbrush or a stick during exercise periods.
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