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Evidences list
Day 523 Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry
Opening submissions for the Phase 9 case study were heard as part of an Inquiry Hearing on 29 April 2025.
(John) ABK Witness Statement
This document is the witness statement provided by anonymous witness (John) ABK to the Inquiry. This evidence was heard at an Inquiry Hearing on 8 December 2017, and read in at an Inquiry Hearing on 16 June 2022.
(Derek) ABF Witness Statement
This document is the witness statement provided by anonymous witness (Derek) ABF to the Inquiry. The evidence was heard at an Inquiry Hearing on both 9 January 2018 and 5 June 2019, and read in at an Inquiry Hearing on both 15 June 2018 and 16 June 2022.
(Gerry) JAA Witness Statement
This document is the witness statement provided by anonymous witness (Gerry) JAA to the Inquiry. This evidence was heard at an Inquiry Hearing on 10 January 2018, and read in at an Inquiry Hearing on 16 June 2022.
(Linda) AAS Witness Statement
This document is the witness statement provided by anonymous witness (Linda) AAS to the Inquiry. The evidence was read in at an Inquiry Hearing on 6 December 2017, and was heard at an Inquiry Hearing on 8 June 2022.
(Alison) AAW Witness Statement
This document is the witness statement provided by anonymous witness (Alison) AAW to the Inquiry. This evidence was read in at an Inquiry hearing on both 6 December 2017 and 8 June 2022.
(Dexter) IAP Witness Statement
This document is the witness statement provided by anonymous witness (Dexter) IAP to the Inquiry. The evidence was heard at an Inquiry Hearing on 29 November 2017 during the Phase 2 Investigations into Care Homes run by Catholic Orders, and read in at an Inquiry Hearing on 15 October 2019 during the Phase 4 Investigations into Male Religious Orders.
Case Study no. 1
The provision of residential care for children in Scotland by the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul between 1917 and 1981, with a particular focus on Smyllum Park Orphanage, Lanark, and Bellevue Children’s Home, Rutherglen.
Evidential Hearings: 28 November 2017 to 30 January 2018
Lady Smith discusses her findings in our News section
William Whicher Witness Statement
This document is the witness statement provided by witness William Whicher to the Inquiry. The evidence was heard at an Inquiry Hearing on 11 January 2018 during the Phase 2 Investigations into Care Homes run by Catholic Orders.