Bodies of ‘hundreds’ of children buried in mass grave

The bodies of uk canada goose outlet hundreds of children are believed to be buried in a mass grave in Lanarkshire, southern Scotland, according to an investigation by BBC News.

The children were all residents of a care home run by Catholic nuns.

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His canada goose uk shop brother Eddie spent decades wondering what had happened to Francis. At one point, he heard he’d been struck on the head by a golf club, which now chimes with the evidence of the death certificate.

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Two representatives of cheap Canada Goose the Daughters of Charity gave evidence to the inquiry this summer in which they said they could find no records of any abuse taking canada goose coats place.

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