My time at the Goodwood orphanage has left emotional scars
for life, and anger at being forced to endure and witness many beatings on
myself and others. A childhood devoid of any love, kindness and understanding
by these carers; fear being the only emotion that was readily displayed by the
children. Anger at the Catholic order for allowing nuns with obvious
psychological problems, no self discipline, ignorance, inexperience, lack of
ability and a callous indifference in looking after children and their needs.
Being allowed to treat children in the way in which they did has had a
devastating effect on my life, and that of many of the other children who
passed through their hands.
They made it clear to us that we were paying for the sins of our parents, or what they perceived to be the sins of our parents. I am still shocked at the arrogance of the sisters deciding who was deserving of an education and who wasn’t. But by far the worst was the lack of protection from the other nuns who turned their backs on the children who were brutalised, humiliated, degraded, lonely cold and hungry most of the time.
http://netk.net.au/AbuseCases/GoodwoodBetty.asp
They made it clear to us that we were paying for the sins of our parents, or what they perceived to be the sins of our parents. I am still shocked at the arrogance of the sisters deciding who was deserving of an education and who wasn’t. But by far the worst was the lack of protection from the other nuns who turned their backs on the children who were brutalised, humiliated, degraded, lonely cold and hungry most of the time.
http://netk.net.au/AbuseCases/GoodwoodBetty.asp