Smyllum Park orphanage abuse was a 'crime against humanity'

DENYING that “orchestrated” abuse took place in child care homes across Scotland should be a crime in the same way Holocaust denial is a crime in Germany, an inquiry has been told. A former resident of Smyllum Park orphanage in Lanark, who lived in the Catholic-run home between 1961-65, said his head was left “spinning” after he read an article suggesting abuse claims about such places were exaggerated.

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