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4 May 2017

‘It felt more like living in a prison than a children’s home’

Frances Reilly has written a compelling memoir detailing her treatment at the hands of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth in Belfast. Jane Hardy reports.
It is rare that you meet somebody that you know is a truly brave person. But Frances Reilly, a middle aged woman in a smart black leather jacket, whom I met in a corner of Jury’s Inn, Belfast, is extremely courageous. Not only has the Omagh-born woman written a memoir Suffer the Little Children, detailing her abusive convent upbringing, she has also pursued her tormentors in court, a process which took nearly 10 years, and achieved a successful outcome.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/books/it-felt-more-like-living-in-a-prison-than-a-childrens-home-28470133.html