SCOTLAND
Premier
Mon 25 Sep 2017
By Tola Mbakwe
Nuns who ran an orphanage where 400 children have been discovered in a secret mass grave have promised to honour the lives of the children.
According to Herald Scotland, the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul have pledged to build a memorial for the “lost children” of Smyllum Park.
Earlier this month, new research revealed 402 children died in the care of the nuns at Smyllum Park in Lanark between 1864 and when it closed its doors in 1981.
It had previously said that 158 children died and were buried in compartments at nearby St Mary’s Cemetery. Back in 2004 the nuns erected a headstone which didn’t have names engraved.
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