Bessborough order claims it was ‘told destroy vaccine files’ in 2013

The order that ran the Bessborough mother and baby home has claimed it was instructed in 2013 to destroy “all documents” it held in relation to vaccine trials carried out on children.

Bessborough order claims it was ‘told destroy vaccine files’ in 2013

The Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary made the claim via its solicitors in a letter to Tusla from January of this year which has been released under Freedom of Information.

It said the instruction was issued to it by the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (CICA) — which was examining the vaccine trials as part of a separate module until legal action halted the investigation.

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