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‘We saw nuns kill children’: Horror claims about uk canada goose torture, surface decades onDetailed new report examines abuse claims against St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Burlington, Vermont, according to a four year investigation published on Monday by BuzzFeed News.
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‘Survivors’ of the orphanage formed a support group in the 1990s, leading many to file lawsuits. A T shirt made canada goose clearance sale by one of the group’s members is seen above
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Although the claims were never proved in court, Buzzfeed’s investigation offers new corroborating evidence.
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