but in rhu, argyll, an idyllic village by the water, a story has been waiting to surface.ou've probably never heard of lagarie children's home, but between 1949 and ‘82, hundreds of children were sent to live here. they were the children of seafarers, taken in by the sailors‘ society, a christian charity supporting the families of men working at sea. every one of these children needs care, needs love, and that is what they receive at rhu. this grand old house and its grounds were supposed to be a sanctuary. for many of the children, it was anything but. one of them was roddy austin. his father was at sea when he was sent to lagarie as a toddler. i'm roddy austin. i was in lagarie between ‘60, ‘61 and december ‘67. my very first day in lagarie, i was three... ..and there was a white—haired lady sitting at a great big table. and to me, she was a granny, and i ran up, shouting, "granny, granny!" and the next thing i knew, i was flying across the floor after she belted me across the face. she then stood over me, and that's the nightmare i had for years, telling me, "i am matro

lagarie children's home in rhu, argyll is run by christian charity, the sailors' society, and was supposedims of decades of physical cruelty and child sex abuse. roddy austin was there. unless you've lived it, you can't try to fathom what went on in that place. she was immaculate and she was evil. she was matron ann miller who ran the home until 1970. she picked me up by my ears, throw me in a cold bath, soap on her fingers, put my head back, and her fingers down my throat. anna miller dies with her reputation intact. she was replaced by this couple. the reverend william barrie and his wife mary in 1972. former resident euan macdonald said they were cruel and abusive. it was a christian system you had to live by. you wet the bed, you get the bed sheets rubbing in your face. mr barrie would hold you down and she would belt you. she would hold you down and he would belt you. survival at lagarie came at a cost. former residents angela montgomery and her two sisters, mary and norma, said that, over the years, they were sexually abused by mr barrie and his sailor‘s scoiety associates hundreds o