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United Kingdom: Scotland
Tuesday
August 29, 2000
12:20 GMT
CHILD 'LOCKED AWAY WITH DEAD BODY
AN ALLEGED VICTIM OF A NUN FACING CRUELTY CHARGES HAS TOLD A COURT THAT SHE WAS LOCKED IN
A CHAPEL WHERE A DEAD BODY LAY IN AN OPEN COFFIN.
Sister Alphonso is said to have committed the offences while working at
Roman Catholic children's homes in Aberdeenshire between 1965 and 1980.
Anne Stewart told Aberdeen Sheriff court on Tuesday that she was staying
at Nazareth House in the city when a nun died.
All the children were taken to the home's chapel to see the body, but
Mrs. Stewart, now 42, ran out screaming when one of the youngsters hit
the coffin. She said Sister Alphonso came after her, brought her back and
locked her in the chapel with the body.
Mrs Stewart said Sister Alphonso was like a "Jekyll and Hyde character".
One day she would be "all right" and the next she would be shouting like
"a mad woman".
Last week, the accused was acquitted of one of the twenty-three charges
against her. Sister Alphonso denies all the remaining charges.
The trial continues.
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