NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
02 JUNE 2013
Historic abuse allegations not covered by the remit of an ongoing public inquiry in Northern Ireland must still be thoroughly investigated, a UN body has urged.
The recommendation by the UN Committee Against Torture will add further pressure on the Stormont Executive to widen the remit of its Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry.
Clerical abuse victims and some former residents of Magdalene laundry-type institutions in the region have demanded to know why the crimes inflicted on them are not being examined by the Stormont commissioned investigation headed by retired judge Sir Anthony Hart.
The inquiry, which is currently gathering victim testimony, is examining alleged child abuse perpetrated inside residential institutions from 1922 to 1995.
However, the probe’s remit does not cover abuse inflicted on victims who were over 18 when they were inside residential facilities, such as woman forced into Magdalene style laundries, or clerical abuse committed outside of an institutional setting.
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