Smyllum care home abuse survivor tells how predatory Jimmy Savile molested him on Highlands holiday
A VICTIM of abuse at Smyllum orphanage has revealed how Jimmy Savile later tried to rape him in the back of his Rolls Royce.
Child Abuse
Smyllum inquiry: Nun says she would slap children on hand when they misbehaved
Nun denies children were abused at Smyllum Park orphanage
Family of last child to die at notorious Smyllum Park orphanage demand answers as inquiry hears of horrific abuse
THE family of the last child to die while in care at Smyllum Park orphanage have broken their silence to demand answers about her death.
Smyllum: Boy beaten after catching nuns in an embrace, inquiry into child abuse told
A YOUNG boy was beaten "black and blue", as though he had been in a boxing match, after catching two nuns in an embrace, an inquiry has heard.
After waiting years to be heard, the children of Smyllum tell their heartbreaking stories
THEY had waited a long time to be heard.
Smyllum’s Children: Lanarkshire kids’ home scandal revealed as hundreds of orphans laid to rest by nuns in mass grave
‘Sweet Jesus have mercy on the souls of the children of Smyllum’: For 100 years, the words that were their only memorial
THE nuns caring for them did not believe their short lives were worth recording, their graves worth marking.
Jack McConnell: As First Minister I apologised to victims and hoped for honesty from the organisations involved. It did not happen
SCOTLAND is still, sadly, searching for the truth about what happened behind the doors of our children’s homes. Many of the children raised in those homes are still searching for justice.
No truth. No justice. Victims reveal abuse ordeal at Smyllum orphanage and condemn years of lies and secrets
FORMER residents of Smyllum have revealed their suffering at the orphanage as they urged Scotland’s Child Abuse Inquiry to secure them justice at last.
Collapse fears over crisis-hit child abuse inquiry after another member resigns
ONE of the original members of the Scottish inquiry into child abuse says he fears for its future.