arch/ive/ief (2000 - 2005)

A former resident at a Catholic-run orphanage has told an inquiry she was raped by a priest and repeatedly abused by a nun. Helen Holland, who has waived her right to anonymity, described years of "sadistic" treatment at the Nazareth House home in Kilmarnock while a resident there in the s and s. Speaking at the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry on Wednesday, the year-old told how the sexual abuse began when she was eight years old. That was the start. Ms Holland said she told a priest in confession what had happened and that she "had to get the devil out".