Inquiry hears girl sexually assaulted by priest in confessional
A girl was sexually abused by a priest after she went to confession, an inquiry has heard. The attack happened when the child went to show the priest a picture
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Orphanage volunteer tells inquiry she tried to protect boy from nun’s ridicule
A former volunteer at an orphanage has told how she tried to cover up a child’s bed wetting to save him from being “ridiculed” by a nun. Margaret White was
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Scotland ‘should be ashamed’ of child care system abuse, inquiry told
A former orphanage resident has said Scotland “should be ashamed” for failing to face up to a history of abuse and neglect in its child care system. The witness, who
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Social services dismissed sisters as ‘troublesome teenagers’ after reporting abuse, court told
Social services dismissed two sisters as “troublesome teenagers” when they were told of sexual abuse at the hands of their mother and stepfather, and returned them repeatedly to their care,
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As soon as social worker left sisters ‘beaten until they bled’ on first day at orphanage
Three sisters were beaten until they bled and called derogatory names on their first day at an orphanage, an inquiry has heard. The claims were made by a woman in
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Boy stripped and beaten ‘black and blue’ at children’s home, Inquiry hears
A man stripped and beat a boy “black and blue” in an assault at a children’s home, an inquiry has heard. A witness at the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry said
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Watchdog identifies ‘potential misconduct’ involving police officers investigating Rotherham abuse
Investigators looking into police officers’ roles in the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal have identified “potential misconduct”, according to the police watchdog. The Independent Office for Police Conduct’s (IOPC) inquiry
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Over three quarters of child abuse allegations made to police result in no action
Three quarters of child abuse allegations referred to police by a public inquiry have resulted in no further action. An interim report from the public inquiry into child sexual abuse
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Boy at children’s home told ‘your family doesn’t want you’ before forced migration
A nun told a boy “your family doesn’t want you, your country doesn’t want you” as she informed him he was to be sent from Scotland to Australia, an inquiry
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Police receive hundreds of complaints of abuse at Sisters of Nazareth care homes
More than 300 complaints have been made to police in Scotland about alleged abuses at children’s homes run by a Catholic order, an inquiry has heard. The Scottish Child Abuse
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