Clergymen at Scots care home abused kids 'with impunity', report finds
Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has published judge Lady Smith’s findings into care provided by the Christian Brothers at St Ninian’s Residential Care Home in Falkland, Fife, between 1953 and 1983.She said that not only were children exposed to risks of sexual, physical and psychological danger, but those risks also became a reality.Lady Smith, who chaired the inquiry, said: “The overall view I formed of St Ninian’s was depressing."The brothers who were perpetrators of abuse could pursue their abusive practices with impunity.“They had unrestrained access to the vulnerable children they wished to target."That such abuse was possible for virtually the entirety of St Ninian’s existence represents serious failures in oversight, management and