Children at residential homes run by Catholic nuns in Northern Ireland were made to eat their own vomit, a lawyer said. Others
who wet their beds were forced to put soiled sheets on their heads by
members of a harsh regime devoid of love, the largest ever public
inquiry into child abuse at residential homes was told.
Young
people at Sisters of Nazareth properties in Londonderry were known by
their numbers rather than names and many allegedly subjected to
humiliation, threats and physical abuse, counsel to the Historical
Institutional Abuse Inquiry Christine Smith QC said.