NORTHERN IRELAND
The Irish News
ALLISON MORRIS
11 March, 2017
A CAMPAIGNER for victims of State and Church child abuse has said many are in “dangerously, deep despair” over the political crisis which is delaying the implementation of recommendations made in the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) report, published earlier this year.
The HIA investigated physical, emotional and sexual abuse between 1922 and 1995 and found systemic wrongdoing at most of the 22 homes it considered.
Margaret McGuckin, of Savia (Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse) said some elderly victims now regretting taking part in the lengthy inquiry, feeling they “relived the trauma” of their childhood only to be let down by the current political impasse.
Recommendations for redress, made by retired judge Sir Anthony Hart, included financial compensation of up to £100,000 that would be paid partly by the Stormont Executive and partly by the Church or organisations responsible for running the institutions named in the report.
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