My
name is Wendy Eldridge At the age of 6 I was removed from
my parents care and I was placed at a catholic church orphanage. I was alone and absolutely
terrified My
first experience with abuse began a short time after I had arrived,
one of the girls had uttered the word 'shut up', I looked up at the
nun who was standing nearby who then forcibly removed me from the
dining room and proceeded to hit me on both
hands with the handle of the brush.
My hands were sore, blue and swollen for days. From that day on, I kept my head hung down so as to not look at a nun for fear of being belted again. I was punished for being a 'bedwetter', the wet sheets were rubbed into my face and when I attended class, those who had wet the bed had to stand beside the desk where the nun would poke you with a stick and call you names.
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/fcdc/inquiries/57th/Child_Abuse_Inquiry/Submissions/Wendy_Dyckhoff.pdf
My hands were sore, blue and swollen for days. From that day on, I kept my head hung down so as to not look at a nun for fear of being belted again. I was punished for being a 'bedwetter', the wet sheets were rubbed into my face and when I attended class, those who had wet the bed had to stand beside the desk where the nun would poke you with a stick and call you names.
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/fcdc/inquiries/57th/Child_Abuse_Inquiry/Submissions/Wendy_Dyckhoff.pdf