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Five Nuns Charged with Historical Abuse from 1960s
12/30/2025
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Story summary
- Five nuns, aged 67 to 84, face 108 historical abuse charges related to incidents from the 1960s to the 1980s.
- The allegations primarily involve severe physical and psychological abuse at Nazareth House locations in Aberdeen and Bonnyrigg.
- Specific charges include forcing a girl to sit in a cold bath and pressing a hot iron onto her hand.
- The nuns did not attend the hearing at the High Court in Glasgow.
