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Most of you will never have experienced being in care and be thankful for that. A friend recalled a story to me this evening, of how one of the nuns in a convent they lived at had a statue of Christ with a bowl of thorns at his feet. If a child misbehaved they were led to the statue, made to pick up a thorn and put it in his crown, and then told LOOK what you've done to Jesus and then physically beaten. There are many more stories I have heard about this kind of child abuse taking place in supposed places of safety. Every time I speak with people who have spent time in the care system their stories are of similar physical and other abuses. I am so grateful for my freedom and the love I recieved.