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Evidences list
Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth -Cardonald Section 21 response - Parts A-B
These reports were submitted to the Inquiry by the Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth in response to notices issued under the Inquiries Act 2005, requiring them to provide information relating to Nazareth House, Cardonald.
Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth - Edinburgh Section 21 response - Part D
These reports were submitted to the Inquiry by the Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth in response to notices issued under the Inquiries Act 2005, requiring them to provide information relating to Nazareth House, Edinburgh.
Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth - Edinburgh Section 21 response Part C
These reports were submitted to the Inquiry by the Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth in response to notices issued under the Inquiries Act 2005, requiring them to provide information relating to Nazareth House, Edinburgh.
Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth - Edinburgh Section 21 response - Parts A - B
These are reports which were submitted to the Inquiry by the Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth in response to notices issued under the Inquiries Act 2005, requiring them to provide information relating to Nazareth House, Edinburgh.
(Alan) LBA Witness Statement
This document is the witness statement provided by anonymous witness (Alan) LBA to the Inquiry. This evidence was heard at an Inquiry Hearing on 27 April 2018, and read in at an Inquiry Hearing on 16 June 2022.
(James) LDJ Witness Statement
This document is the witness statement provided by anonymous witness (James) LDJ to the Inquiry. The evidence was heard at an Inquiry Hearing on 10 May 2018 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.
David Sharp Witness Statement
This document is the witness statement provided by witness David Sharp to the Inquiry. The evidence was read in at an Inquiry Hearing on 15 June 2018 during the Phase 2 Investigations into Care Homes run by Catholic Orders, and it was heard at an Inquiry Hearing on 7 June 2019 during the Phase 4 Investigations into Male Religious Orders.
(John) LBX Witness Statement
This document is the witness statement provided by anonymous witness (John) LBX to the Inquiry. The evidence was read in at an Inquiry Hearing on 23 May 2018 during the Phase 2 Investigations into Care Homes run by Catholic Orders and was heard at an Inquiry Hearing on 05 June 2019 during the Phase 4 Investigations into Male Religious Orders.
Case Study no. 2
The provision of residential care for children in Scotland by the Sisters of Nazareth between 1933 and 1984 in the Nazareth Houses in Aberdeen, Cardonald, Lasswade, and Kilmarnock.
Evidential Hearings: 24 April to 3 July 2018