The mum of three, grandmother of nine and great-grandmother of two was the youngest child in the convent and claims Sister O'Brien ordered older girls to administer brutal beatings. "Sister O'Brien would never use my name, she only ever called me Kibbie. "She would get the older girls, who were aged about 11 to 13, to gang up regularly beating me up. Ms Hargreaves says she now feels she could forgive Sister O'Brien, and even wishes to place flowers on her grave. In a statement, the Archdiocese of Birmingham said it had publicly apologised to all victims of child sexual abuse involving the church during the ongoing Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

Source: Daily Mirror June 09, 2019 22:32 UTC