Victims of a decades-long "reign of terror" conducted by nuns at a central Queensland orphanage are due to tell their stories at a royal commission. The Neerkol orphanage near Rockhampton has previously been exposed by
the Forde Inquiry in 1998 and 1999 as a place where physical, sexual
and psychological abuse was rife.
The home, also known as St Joseph's Orphanage, was operated by the Sisters of Mercy until 1978. About nine former residents are expected to detail their experiences at a public hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Rockhampton this month.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/04/14/reign-terror-victims-speak-decades-long-abuse-qld-orphanage-nuns
The home, also known as St Joseph's Orphanage, was operated by the Sisters of Mercy until 1978. About nine former residents are expected to detail their experiences at a public hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Rockhampton this month.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/04/14/reign-terror-victims-speak-decades-long-abuse-qld-orphanage-nuns