10 key points from HIA report

1. Tax-free lump sum payment to survivors of abuse, including in homes/institutions that were not covered by the HIA inquiry. The spouses or children of the 12 people who have died since giving evidence should receive 75% of the total lump sum. Sir Anthony said the minimum payout should be £7,500 to anyone who was abused, including those who experienced a harsh environment, or who witnessed such abuse. An additional payment of £20,000 would be made to anyone sent to Australia under a migrant scheme. An extra enhanced payment would be made to anyone who was more severely abused.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/10-key-points-from-hia-report-35384759.html 

Litany of failures allowed abusers to prey on kids, HIA inquiry finds

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.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/litany-of-failures-allowed-abusers-to-prey-on-kids-hia-inquiry-finds-35385026.html 

We have finally been vindicated, says public face of the survivors

Campaigners and victims of historic child abuse in Northern Ireland have welcomed the 'long-overdue' findings of systemic failure outlined in the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry report.

Margaret McGuckin, who has been the public face of the campaign for survivors of historical institutional child sex abuse, said it has taken a lifetime for victims to get justice.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/historical-institutional-abuse-inquiry-we-have-finally-been-vindicated-says-public-face-of-the-survivors-35385118.html 

inquiry recommends children sent to Australia receive compensation

The Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry in Northern Ireland has recommended children who were transported to Australia in the 1940s and '50s be given compensation for the trauma they suffered.

The inquiry found at least 138 children under 14 who were in state and church care in Northern Ireland were wrongly transported to Australia — often without their parents being told the truth about where they were being sent to.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-21/ireland-child-migrants-compensation/8199946 

HIA inquiry evidence heard children treated like 'baby convicts'

Some witnesses to the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry said they were treated like child convicts.

Others claimed they were forced to eat their own vomit, preyed upon by serial sexual predators and one was told he was the product of an "evil and satanic relationship".  The poverty-stricken youngsters were among the most vulnerable in society and their experiences dated from 1922 to 1995.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/hia-inquiry-evidence-heard-children-treated-like-baby-convicts-35383479.html 

Northern Ireland child abuse inquiry to publish report in Belfast

Investigation into decades of abuse in residential homes for children to release findings and recommendations. The final report of the largest completed inquiry into child abuse in the UK will be published on Friday, including an investigation into a Northern Ireland care home where it is alleged a paedophile ring was being blackmailed by the security services.
Retired judge Sir Anthony Hart will deliver his findings in Belfast after 232 days of hearings and interviews with more than 500 witnesses since the historical institutional abuse inquiry was established in 2014.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/20/northern-ireland-child-abuse-report-inquiry-published-belfast 

North abuse inquiry: ‘The crying would break your heart’

Just read this... have you not heard or read my story... see the abuse was done to us children ... the same  abuse world-over...  it is like reading my own story... Ann

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Some witnesses to the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry said they were treated like child convicts.

Others claimed they were forced to eat their own vomit, preyed upon by serial sexual predators and one was told he was the product of an “evil and satanic relationship”. The poverty-stricken youngsters were among the most vulnerable in society and their experiences dated from 1922 to 1995.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/north-abuse-inquiry-the-crying-would-break-your-heart-1.2944566 

'Unspeakable cruelty and vicious abuse' - historical abuse inquiry releases damning report

 and guess which order of nuns are in up to their nicks... the nazareth house other of nuns... who would make sure that your name and number was called out... each and every night... to be whipped across the bed naked... they are now called sister of nazareth... Ann

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A REPORT INTO institutional abuse at children’s homes in Northern Ireland has found that there was ‘widespread abuse’ at such facilities between 1922 and 1995. The Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry had looked into allegations of abuse at 22 such children’s homes across Northern Ireland.

At those four Sisters of Nazareth homes nuns were found to have been physically and emotionally abusive to children in their care, chairman of the inquiry Sir Anthony Hart said at a press conference to launch the report today.The largest number of complaints stemmed from four different Catholic-run institutions. 

http://www.thejournal.ie/northern-ireland-childrens-homes-abuse-3196344-Jan2017/

Church apologises for sexual abuse of children in Northern Ireland

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland has apologised unreservedly to survivors of sexual abuse following the publication of a report that found evidence of systematic and widespread sexual and physical crimes in Church-run institutions.

The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA), which published its findings today, investigated allegations of abuse in 22 children’s homes in Northern Ireland between 1922 and 1995.

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/6631/0/church-apologises-for-sexual-abuse-of-children-in-northern-ireland 

Northern Ireland child abuse inquiry singles out police and church

Police were guilty of a “catalogue of failures” over the abuse of boys at a Belfast care home run by a paedophile ring, a comprehensive report into child mistreatment across Northern Ireland has found.
The historical institutional abuse inquiry, established in 2014, found that a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) investigation into sexual abuse at the Kincora care home in east Belfast was “inept, inadequate and far from thorough”.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/20/northern-ireland-inquiry-report-outlines-shocking-child-abuse 

Head of Catholic church in Ireland apologises to child abuse victims

The head of the Catholic church in Ireland said he apologised unreservedly to all those who fell victim to abuse in church-run homes.
Archbishop Eamon Martin said the church had to now demonstrate it was serious about making reparation for the sins of the past.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/head-of-catholic-church-in-ireland-apologises-to-child-abuse-victims-35384886.html 

Priest’s sex crimes ‘ignored to protect Catholic church’

A predatory priest’s sex crimes were ignored to protect the good name of the Catholic church, a public inquiry found. Fr Brendan Smyth attacked children “far and wide” at residential homes in Northern Ireland from the 1940s and was convicted of more than 100 offences.
He was allowed a car to roam the country even after he was eventually charged by police in 1991, and over many years his Norbertine religious order and others within the church failed to take determined and vigorous steps to ensure he did not harm more youngsters, the panel found.

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/crime/priest-s-sex-crimes-ignored-to-protect-catholic-church-1-7783609