SCOTLAND
The Sunday Post
June 24, 2018
By Gordon Blackstock
Children’s home abuse survivors are calling for a leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland to say sorry when he appears at a public inquiry next week.
Archbishop Emeritus Mario Conti will appear before the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry on Tuesday.
The inquiry, headed by Lady Smith, is investigating allegations of abuse at Nazareth House homes across Scotland.
Archbishop Conti’s appearance comes after inquiry witnesses accused him of dismissing their claims against the Sisters of Nazareth as “fantasy”.
The inquiry has heard evidence from former residents at the Nazareth House home.
In April, one witness claimed she was sexually abused by a priest after she went to confession.
But in 1998, Archbishop Conti dismissed the allegations against the nuns as “improbable” and said some alleged victims were making “fantastical claims” and chasing a “pot of gold”.
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