The State inquiry examining decades of alleged physical and sexual abuse of a seriously disabled woman known as ‘Grace’ has uncovered hundreds of “very revealing” documents into the case. In its fourth report on the work of the behind-closed-doors investigation, senior counsel Marjorie Farrelly said the inquiry has interviewed 101 witnesses in an attempt to uncover what happened. The State investigation is examining why Grace was left in a foster home in the south-east for more than two decades despite consistent evidence that she, and potentially other vulnerable children, were being physically and sexually abused. The report is the latest in a string of updates on the progress of the Grace inquiry, which is due to be concluded in a number of months. The State inquiry was launched in 2016 — delaying the general election by 24 hours — on the back of a series of reports by the Irish Examiner uncovering the case in 2014 and 2015.

Source: Irish Examiner April 03, 2019 04:52 UTC