NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
BY AMANDA FERGUSON – 21 OCTOBER 2014
It was a tragic waste of life.
The sister of a man who claimed he was sexually abused as a boy at Rubane House in Kircubbin is speaking out for the first time about the torture he told her he suffered at the hands of the men tasked with caring for him.
Rosaleen O’Connor (69) from Larne is sharing John Christopher Magill’s story, following his death in 1999, as the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIAI) hears disturbing witness testimony from ex-residents of the former Catholic care home, run by the De La Salle Brothers.
“He didn’t get any justice in this world,” Rosaleen said.
John’s alcohol addiction began after he emerged from Rubane House, at the age of 14, following what he told his sister was nightly episodes of abuse.
On New Year’s Day 1999, aged just 48, John was found dead with a large quantity of alcohol and three types of prescription drugs in his system.
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