NORTHERN IRELAND
ABC News (Australia)
The biggest inquiry into allegations of child abuse ever held in Britain has begun its first public hearings in Belfast, in Northern Ireland.
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry is looking into allegations covering 73 years in church and state-run children’s homes in Northern Ireland, including complaints from dozens of people who were sent to Australia as child migrants.
Like its Australian equivalent, the inquiry comes after a lifetime of pain for so many, like Irish woman Kate Walmsley.
She was taken to Nazareth House Children’s Home in Derry, Northern Ireland, when she was seven.
Ms Walmsley says one nun would keep her at the back of the line at confession to allow a priest to abuse her.
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