SCOTLAND
STV
May 23, 2018
Catherine Sheridan
A man has told an inquiry how the sexual abuse he suffered as a child was “whitewashed” during his time at a children’s home.
Whilst giving evidence, the man described how the sexual abuse started during his time at the Nazareth House, Midlothian, when he was seven years of age, and lasted for a couple of years.
He described to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) that when he tried to report the abuse to the nuns at the home, he was beaten or told to “stop telling lies”.
The inquiry further heard how the man was abused by older boys, priests, and care assistants during his two year stay at the home in the 1960s.
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