Justice delayed for Bethany, Westbank abuse victims

We welcome moves to include Westbank Orphanage, Greystones, in inquiries into institutional abuse in Northern Ireland.

Children from Westbank were trafficked illegally over the border and placed with unregistered foster carers. Children in the home and in fostering arrangements suffered physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse.

The orphanage was unique in that children were hardly, if ever, adopted. Some ‘children’ remained in the home into their early thirties.