NORTHERN IRELAND
The Irish News
A MAN has given harrowing evidence to the north’s child abuse inquiry of being held in a cattle crush while being raped.
The witness said a religious brother at Rubane House in Co Down put him in the farm equipment, used to hold animals while veterinary work is carried out, before abusing him.
He said he reported the attack to a priest, but claimed the cleric told his abuser.
He was then beaten with a walking stick and locked in a cupboard over-night, the man told the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry.
The victim was a resident at the boys’ home, run by the De La Salle order, which is the subject of a government-ordered investigation into allegations of historical physical and sexual attacks on boys.
Claims of bestiality and children going missing were also made by witnesses.
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