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A woman suing the
Catholic Church for historical abuse has told the Wellington High Court that
she hates her mother for putting her in St Joseph's orphanage in Upper Hutt. The 45-year-old is
suing various church agencies for over $500,000 for abuse she allegedly
suffered while in the care of the church in the 1960s and '70s. The complainant, whose has
name suppression, says she was physically and verbally abused by nuns at the
orphanage and at St Mary's College and was sexually abused by foster
families. Church lawyers
cross-examined the woman who frequently became angry and frustrated and began
screaming and swearing. She said she understood
that her mother possibly had no other choice for her actions after her
marriage ended and would have assumed that the church would look after her
children. |
