MORE NORTHERN IRISH INSTITUTIONS FACE ABUSE PROBE

Care Appointments
May 11, 2015

http://www.careappointments.co.uk/care-news/northern-ireland/item/37135-more-northern-irish-institutions-face-abuse-probe

Northern Ireland's public inquiry in to child abuse is to investigate three more state-run institutions, the chairman said.

The Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry has extended its work to cover Hydebank Young Offenders Centre in south Belfast and former homes at Fort James and Harberton House, Londonderry.

Another section will focus on issues arising from the actions of paedophile priest Brendan Smyth, a serial child molester who frequented some Catholic residential homes, according to HIA chairman Sir Anthony Hart.

He is heading what was the UK's largest probe into child abuse and has been investigating homes run by religious orders of nuns and brothers.