Hell on earth and a place of depravity, and sexual, physical and spiritual violence.
That's the damning description of life at Marylands School and a related community centre in Christchurch between 1955 and 1984, run by the Catholic St John of God Order.
The boys with learning disabilities were subjected to abuse from numerous brothers of the order, including by the notorious Bernard McGrath, who was convicted of more than 100 offences both here and in Australia.
Andrew McRae reports.
And Checkpoint requested an interview with Archbishop Paul Martin but he declined to speak with us.
