NORTHERN IRELAND
Londonderry Sentinel
The former Good Shepherd ‘Magdalene laundry’ in the Waterside will come under the spotlight at the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry at Banbridge on Monday, March 7.
Module 12 will consider evidence in respect of a number of institutions run by the Good Shepherd Sisters.
The institutions were located in Belfast, Londonderry and Newry.
The proceedings will commence with a brief opening address from the Inquiry’s Chairman, Sir Anthony Hart. Counsel to the Inquiry, Joseph Aiken, will provide an overview of matters relating to those institutions run by the Good Shepherd Sisters. The module is expected to last two weeks.
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry was formally established in January 2013 by the Northern Ireland Executive. It has a remit to investigate child abuse that occurred in residential institutions in Northern Ireland over a 73-year period from 1922 to 1995.
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