Victims tell of abuse ordeal
Steven Messham was 13 when he was sent to the Bryn Estyn children's home in Wrexham. "Within a matter of days I was physically abused and sexually abused," he says.

Decades of silent suffering
The Waterhouse tribunal - the largest child abuse inquiry ever set up in the UK - heard evidence from hundreds of victims. It was established following decades of disquiet over the children's home care system in north Wales.

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