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Digital copy of Exhibit 1: Newscutting of an article by Heather Chalmers in the Jersey Evening Post titled Child forced to sleep in room with dead nun, inquiry told. [Some details redacted].
| Reference | ZC/D/AW1/C/WD005135/1 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Scope and Content | Refers to evidence provided to the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry by a former resident of Sacré Coeur in the 1950s stating that children were locked in a room overnight with a dead nun in a coffin as a punishment. Refers to comments about a strict regime ran by the nuns at Sacré Coeur, referring to incidents of children being hit with a metal spoon, and details of punishment for talking after bedtime. Includes comments about children working but never playing, clothing given to girls and the children being given different clothes during the summer. Also refers to criticism of the police investigation into child abuse in Jersey and recommendations in respect of the Inquiry and going forward. Includes a photograph of Sacré Coeur. Also includes an article by Jack Maguire about an incident involving an armed stand-off between police and a knifeman at Le Marais, and a correction regarding articles published about Logistics2Go and Parisma. |
| Names | Body, Peter Chalmers, Heather Maguire, Jack McDonald, Rosemary Mourant, Peter Yuksel, Michelle Independent Jersey Care Inquiry Jersey Evening Post Logistics2Go Parisma Press Complaints Commission Sacré Coeur Orphanage |
| Keywords | allegations | articles | catholicism | child abuse | Children | children's homes | complaints | emotional abuse | mistreatment | nuns | newscuttings | orphanages | physical abuse | Photographs | Sisters | witnesses |
| Places | Le Marais, Midvale Road, Rouge Bouillon, Sacré Coeur, Rouge Bouillon |
| Dimensions | 1 pdf file |
| Language | English, French |
| Level of description | File |
| Access restrictions | PDF file - please click on the link to download |
| Closed until | 2100 |
Context:
Digital copy of Exhibit 1: Newscutting of an article by Heather Chalmers in the Jersey Evening Post titled Child forced to sleep in room with dead nun, inquiry told. [Some details redacted].
ZC/D/AW1/C/WD005135/1
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