SISTERS OF MERCY:THE SISTERS of Mercy ran 26 industrial
schools during the period investigated by the commission, making them
the largest providers of care by nuns.
It became a unified congregation in the 1980s but before that, all convents operated independently of each other. Most complaints from former residents of
these institutions concerned physical abuse but there were a number of
serious incidents of sexual abuse perpetrated by lay staff in the
schools.
