Nuns 'raped orphans': Bulletin
August 27, 2002
NUNS at a Brisbane orphanage allegedly raped children and forced them
to eat faeces, rotting food and their own vomit, a magazine has reported.
A woman in her late 50s has come forward to tell of her experiences at the hands of nuns during the 1940s and 1950s.
Lizzie Walsh, as she was known as a child at the orphanage, has told this week's The Bulletin magazine she was subjected to violence for seven years.
During her time, Ms Walsh claims she was raped by a nun with a flagstick "to get the devil out" while the other nuns turned a blind eye to her being raped by two different priests.
Ms Walsh also recalls being forced to eat a nun's faeces, rotting fish and vomit and to drink her own urine.
While Ms Walsh's allegations have yet to be tested in a court of law, 17 other women have levelled claims against the orphanage in the Supreme Court of Queensland, The Bulletin said.
The Catholic Church and the orphanage have never admitted liability.
But The Bulletin said an out-of-court settlement was reached with some victims with compensation up to $75,000 being paid out, depending on the level of physical and sexual abuse.
They also received a written apology.
A regional superior said she had met a number of claimants.
"We have just said to them that we are sorry that they've got unhappy memories of the past," she said.
Most of the people involved in the care of the children were no longer alive, the regional superior said.
Ms Walsh, whose allegations were corroborated in statement of claims by other victims, told The Bulletin the compensation money meant "jack".
AAP
August 27, 2002
NUNS at a Brisbane orphanage allegedly raped children and forced them
to eat faeces, rotting food and their own vomit, a magazine has reported.
A woman in her late 50s has come forward to tell of her experiences at the hands of nuns during the 1940s and 1950s.
Lizzie Walsh, as she was known as a child at the orphanage, has told this week's The Bulletin magazine she was subjected to violence for seven years.
During her time, Ms Walsh claims she was raped by a nun with a flagstick "to get the devil out" while the other nuns turned a blind eye to her being raped by two different priests.
Ms Walsh also recalls being forced to eat a nun's faeces, rotting fish and vomit and to drink her own urine.
While Ms Walsh's allegations have yet to be tested in a court of law, 17 other women have levelled claims against the orphanage in the Supreme Court of Queensland, The Bulletin said.
The Catholic Church and the orphanage have never admitted liability.
But The Bulletin said an out-of-court settlement was reached with some victims with compensation up to $75,000 being paid out, depending on the level of physical and sexual abuse.
They also received a written apology.
A regional superior said she had met a number of claimants.
"We have just said to them that we are sorry that they've got unhappy memories of the past," she said.
Most of the people involved in the care of the children were no longer alive, the regional superior said.
Ms Walsh, whose allegations were corroborated in statement of claims by other victims, told The Bulletin the compensation money meant "jack".
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