Even as it continues to struggle with deep sectarian divisions,
Northern Ireland is launching a probe into another dark corner of its
history.
A government commission is set to bring to light the long-suppressed history of abuse at orphanages and children’s homes that included forced confinements, canings, beatings, bullying and sexual assaults. The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry will hold months of public hearings next year with hundreds of witnesses expected to detail horrific accounts of brutality. Victims were inspired to demand the probe after a similar review in Ireland uncovered decades of child abuse at more than 250 church-run institutions.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/northern-ireland-to-probe-stifled-history-of-orphanage-child-abuse/article13827227/
A government commission is set to bring to light the long-suppressed history of abuse at orphanages and children’s homes that included forced confinements, canings, beatings, bullying and sexual assaults. The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry will hold months of public hearings next year with hundreds of witnesses expected to detail horrific accounts of brutality. Victims were inspired to demand the probe after a similar review in Ireland uncovered decades of child abuse at more than 250 church-run institutions.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/northern-ireland-to-probe-stifled-history-of-orphanage-child-abuse/article13827227/