Abuse victims demand faster compo payouts

Sufferers open up on their ordeal

-  VIVIENNE AITKEN

ABUSE victims have demanded quicker compensation payouts to help pay for lifesaving therapy.

Stephen Findleton and Joanne Peacher are among hundreds of victims due payouts after abuse at care homes in Scotland.

But they need payouts quickly to cover the cost of counselling and therapy.

Stephen's abuse nightmare began when he was seven and continued until he left a Quarrier's children's home at 13.

Joanne, 53, was raped by a priest in a children's home when she was eight weeks after being sexually assaulted by a female member of staff.

Stephen, now 64 and a grandad with five kids, has had flashbacks and posttraumatic stress.