Catholic Abuse Claims To Be Heard
{mosimage} People who allegedly suffered abuse at Catholic children’s homes will have their claims for compensation heard this week. Twenty-one former residents at Nazareth House homes in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Kilmarnock are seeking awards after claims they were abused by some of the nuns who ran the homes.
In July, 18 people received payments ranging from £1000 to £7500 from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and now lawyer Cameron Fyfe is taking the other cases forward.
{mosimage} He said: “What is important in this instance is not the amount of money my clients will receive, but the recognition by a government-run organisation of the severe abuse suffered over many years.
“My clients are unlikely to receive large sums of money and have never been motivated by the thought of remuneration. Their ideal outcome is that eventually the criminal case will be tried again and be found in their favour.”
One former resident, Christopher Daly, from Rutherglen, Glasgow, claims he suffered physical and emotional abuse during the five years he spent at Nazareth House in Aberdeen.
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