A disturbing discovery has been
made in Scotland after at least 400
bodies of children were found in a
mass grave.
The bodies of about four hundreds
children are believed to be buried
in a mass grave in Lanarkshire,
southern Scotland, following a
discovery made by BBC The
children were all residents of a
care home run by Catholic nuns. At
least 400 children are thought to be
buried in a section of St Mary’s
Cemetery in Lanark.
The Daughters of Charity of St
Vincent de Paul, which ran the
home, refused to comment on the
findings. The research by the File
on 4 programme in conjunction
with the Sunday Post newspaper
focused on Smyllum Park
Orphanage in Lanark. It opened in
1864 and provided care for
orphans or children from broken
homes. It closed in 1981, having
looked after 11,600 children.
A burial plot, containing the bodies
of a number of children, was
uncovered by two former residents
of Smyllum in 2003.
Frank Docherty and Jim Kane
discovered an overgrown,
unmarked section of St Mary’s
Cemetery during their efforts to
reveal physical abuse which they
said many former residents had
suffered.
In 2004, the campaigners said the
Daughters of Charity told them
their records suggested that
children had been buried in 158
compartments in the graveyard.
Frank and Jim, who both died
earlier this year, believed however,
that the numbers were far higher
as the nuns had indicated their
records were incomplete.
The investigation by File on 4 and
the Sunday Post indicates they were
right; at least 400 children are
understood to be buried in the plot.
“Oh my God, I’ve got goose pimples.
It’s shocking,” said Frank
Docherty’s widow, Janet.
“He had been trying for years to
find a figure and he didn’t get
anywhere. That’s unbelievable.”
The death records indicate that
most of the children died of natural
causes, from diseases common at
the time such as TB, pneumonia
and pleurisy.
Analysis of the records show that a
third of those who died were aged
five or under. Very few of those
who died, 24 in total, were aged
over 15, and most of the deaths
occurred between 1870 and 1930.
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