Vulnerable children who had a right to
expect care and compassion in homes and other institutions were,
instead, subjected to the most horrific abuse. Of that there is no
doubt.
The experiences of those who suffered because of flawed systems
of the past that allowed predators unfettered access to young people is a
source of national shame. The very least that those victims, now
adults, deserve is for the truth – the whole, distressing, unvarnished
truth – about what they went through to be made public.