GLASGOW (SCOTLAND)
BBC Scotland
January 7, 2020
Children in homes run by Quarriers, Aberlour Child Care Trust, and Barnardo’s suffered physical, emotional and sexual abuse, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has concluded.
Lady Smith, who is chairing the inquiry, said children who were at the institutions between 1921 and 1991 lived in “harsh, rigid regimes”.
She also said “scant regard was paid to their dignity”.
Quarriers, Aberlour and Barnardo’s have apologised for the abuse suffered.
In her findings, Lady Smith said: “Many children did not find the warmth, care, and compassionate comfort they needed.
“The previous lives of the children who came into the care of the QAB (Quarriers, Aberlour and Barnardo’s) providers had all been blighted in some way, whether by being abused in the family home, the death of one or more parent, parental illness, families who could not cope with caring for them, abandonment, or by other similar circumstances.
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