2nd JUNE 2017

31 March 2017

Opening submissions PDF Transcript HERE or HERE

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SCOTTISH CHILD ABUSE INQUIRY 

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Inquiry Hearings – Phase 1 May to July 2017

Week 1: (31 May – 2 June)

Opening statements Expert witnesses:

• • The legislative and regulatory framework governing children in care in Scotland up to 1968
• The early development of care services in Scotland
• Societal attitudes towards children
• The nature and prevalence of child abuse in Scotland

Week 2: (6 – 9 June)

Context:

• The State’s areas of responsibility for children in residential and foster care in Scotland.
• The relationship between the Bishops Conference and the Conference of Religious and religious orders and role in the provision of residential care

Week 3: (13-16 June)

History and governance of religious institutions:

• Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul
• Sisters of Nazareth
• Good Shepherd Sisters
• De La Salle Brothers

Week 4: (20 – 23 June)

History and governance of religious institutions:

• Christian Brothers
• Marist Brothers
• Benedictines
• Church of Scotland / CrossReach Page 1 of 2 A17562325 Version 1.0

Week 5: (27 – 30 June)

History and governance of major care providers:

• Quarriers
• Barnardo’s
• Aberlour Child Care Trust

Week 6: (4 – 6 July)

Establishment and work of survivor groups:

• In Care Abuse Survivors (INCAS)
• Former Boys and Girls Abused in Quarriers Homes (FBGA)
• Campaigning for the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry

Week 7: (11-12 July)

Closing submissions

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