The treatment of boys with learning-disabilities by a Catholic religious order over a nearly 30-years comes under scrutiny at the Abuse in Care inquiry starting today.
A little under 540 boys attended Marylands School in Christchurch between 1955 and 1984.
The residential school was run by the St John of God Order.
The inquiry will also focus on St Joseph's Orphanage and the HebronTrust, which both had close connections to the order.
Andrew McRae reports.
