A woman who says she was tortured by the Sisters of Nazareth at a Christchurch
orphanage wants them to pay for her alleged suffering. Defenders of Nazareth
House say she is driven by greed, not grief. Ann Thompson is the latest in the swelling ranks queuing for compensation from
the Catholic Church.
Thompson's target is Christchurch's Sisters of Nazareth, whose charity work in the city dates back nearly 100 years. The 61-year-old grandmother, from Whangarei, last week appeared on prime-time television alleging she had been tortured by sadistic nuns as a girl at Nazareth House in Sydenham in the 1950s. As well as regular thrashings, the nameless sisters would use her as a human toilet brush, flushing the loo while her head was shoved down the bowl.
Thompson's target is Christchurch's Sisters of Nazareth, whose charity work in the city dates back nearly 100 years. The 61-year-old grandmother, from Whangarei, last week appeared on prime-time television alleging she had been tortured by sadistic nuns as a girl at Nazareth House in Sydenham in the 1950s. As well as regular thrashings, the nameless sisters would use her as a human toilet brush, flushing the loo while her head was shoved down the bowl.