UNITED KINGDOM
Northern Echo
Abuse victims move a step closer to compensation payments from the Middlesbrough Catholic diocese
By Graeme Hetherington
VICTIMS awaiting compensation for abuse suffered at a Catholic children’s home have moved a step closer to reaching resolution.
In one of the largest abuse cases the country has seen, more than 170 men are seeking compensation following claims of physical and sexual abuse at St William’s Children’s Home in Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, between 1958 and 1992.
As part of an investigation into the claims, James Carragher, former principal of St William’s, was jailed in 2004 for 14 years for a series of sex crimes against young boys.
St William’s – a home for boys aged ten to 16 with behavioural issues – was owned by the Roman Catholic diocese of Middlesbrough but employed a number staff from the De La Salle Brotherhood, including Carragher.
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