Record £1 million church payout to sex abuse victims at Edinburgh children’s home
A record £1m compensation has been paid by the Church of Scotland to two men and their sister who were sexually abused by a predatory worker at a Kirk-run children’s home in Edinburgh.
The compensation is the highest ever known to have been recovered from a religious body in Scotland.
The victims were preyed on by paedophile Ian Samson at Lord and Lady Polwarth Children’s House.
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Hide AdThe siblings, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were repeatedly assaulted by the predator during a campaign of sexual and physical abuse that spanned three decades.
The girl was forced to endure an abortion when she became pregnant as a result of being raped.