NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
Child abuse: Bathed in disinfectant, whipped with kettle flexes, beaten and forced to eat vomit… victims’ harrowing testimonies
BY ADRIAN RUTHERFORD – 30 DECEMBER 2014
Harrowing accounts of how children were beaten and abused in care homes in Northern Ireland have dominated the news during 2014.
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry is investigating allegations between 1922 and 1995.
It was set up by the Executive to investigate institutions run by the State and churches or owned by the private sector or voluntary bodies. Victims have given a series of powerful testimonies of the abuse they suffered while in care.
The inquiry heard how children at homes run by nuns were made to eat their own vomit.
Some were also forced to bathe in disinfectant and beaten for wetting the bed.
Children at Sisters of Nazareth properties in Derry were known by their numbers rather than their names.
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