SCOTLAND
Scottish Daily Mail
August 23, 2018
By Graham Grant
– Police probing Smyllum Park in Lanark have arrested 12 people, including nuns
– More nuns reported to prosecutors amid a widening police investigation
– A further four have now been reported to the Crown Office, aged up to 93
More nuns have been reported to prosecutors amid a widening police investigation into claims of abuse at a notorious orphanage.
The Mail revealed yesterday that police probing Smyllum Park in Lanark had arrested 12 people, including nuns.
A further four have now been reported to the Crown Office, some of them nuns, with ages ranging between 71 and 93.
Police Scotland also disclosed that the 12 who have been arrested and charged consisted of 11 women and one man, aged between 62 and 85.
Yesterday a force spokesman said: ‘A further four individuals will be reported today. Inquiries are continuing.’ Claims of historic abuse at the home have come under scrutiny at the ongoing Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI).
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