Children were sexually abused, beaten and humiliated as they lived in a climate of fear and control at an orphanage run by a religious order, an inquiry has found.
Youngsters were beaten with leather straps, crucifixes and a dog's lead at Smyllum Park orphanage in Lanark, as well as at Bellevue House in Rutherglen, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) concluded.
Chair Lady Smith said being hit was 'a normal aspect of daily life' for some children, and they found no love, compassion, dignity or comfort at the two institutions run by the nuns of the Catholic order the Daughters of Charity (DoC) of St Vincent de Paul.
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