Former Nuns and Support Worker Sentenced Over Historic Abuse at Children’s Homes

Former Nuns and Support Worker Sentenced Over Historic Abuse at Children’s Homes
The women were sentenced at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday PA
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A former nun who assaulted vulnerable young people at children’s homes more than 40 years ago has been jailed while another former nun and a retired support worker were also sentenced.

Nuns Carol Buirds, 75, known as Sister Carmel Rose, and Eileen McElhinney, 78, who was known as Sister Mary Eileen, as well as ex-support worker Dorothy Kane, 68, were found guilty of subjecting multiple victims to cruel and unnatural treatment over nine years, following a trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in November.