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9 October 2014

Rubane House 'like Hell upon Earth' for 69-year-old branded a liar for reporting his abuse as boy

A former resident of a Catholic children's home stayed silent about the horrific abuse he suffered as a 10-year-old boy for more than half-a-century after he was branded a liar when he first tried to raise the alarm.
The witness, now 69, described his eight years at Rubane House as "like Hell upon Earth" in evidence to the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry into child sexual abuse at the home in County Down yesterday.