Nun in court on abuse charges

Aberdeen - A nun appeared in court yesterday accused of child abuse at Nazareth House children's homes run by the Catholic Church…

Aberdeen - A nun appeared in court yesterday accused of child abuse at Nazareth House children's homes run by the Catholic Church. Sister Alphonso - alias Marie Docherty (57) - appeared in full nun's habit to face the charges of cruelty against 23 girls.

It has been alleged that the children were subjected to cruel and unnatural treatment between 1962 and 1980.

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