In
the pre- and post-war period, orphans were often sent to homes run by
religious orders, such as the Sisters of Nazareth. There they found a
disciplined regime which, they say, tipped over into violence. Now,
decades later, more than 500 former inmates are suing the nuns for
damages. Beatrix Campbell reports
Fred Aitken is 70 years old and still he is haunted by sounds - the racket of children "banging their heads against the walls of the dormitories". The walls were in a gothic mansion called Nazareth House, an orphanage in Aberdeen where Aitken was dispatched when he was six. There, he says, nuns regularly beat him and made him witness the violent degradation of other children.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/12/religion.childprotection
Fred Aitken is 70 years old and still he is haunted by sounds - the racket of children "banging their heads against the walls of the dormitories". The walls were in a gothic mansion called Nazareth House, an orphanage in Aberdeen where Aitken was dispatched when he was six. There, he says, nuns regularly beat him and made him witness the violent degradation of other children.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/12/religion.childprotection
