Probe attacks State, church and charity-run homes over widespread
sexual, physical and emotional maltreatment and recommends compensation
payouts up to £100k.
Hundreds of victims of historical abuse should each receive compensation of up to £100,000, an inquiry has said. Crimes against children were widespread at State, church and
charity-run homes between 1922 and 1995, with Catholic Church-run
facilities the worst offenders, the long-awaited Historical
Institutional Abuse Inquiry report found.