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Smyllum Park: Nuns and carer guilty of abusing orphanage children

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Sister Sarah McDermott, 79, Sister Eileen Igoe, 79 and carer Margaret Hughes, 76, mistreated children at Smyllum Park in Lanark from 1969 until 1981. The orphanage has been at the centre of allegations of historical abuse. Court heard children in their care were subjected to a number of "cruel and unnatural" incidents.

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Smyllum Park: Nuns and carer guilty of abusing orphanage children

The three women mistreated children at Smyllum Park in Lanark for more than a decade until it closed in 1981.

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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 13, 2023.
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