They included claims from one witness that she had been slapped and forced to eat fish, which she hated.
The nun said the allegation made her “sad” and added: “I would never force a child to eat fish if she didn’t like it.”
On claims she had referred to the girl as the “devil’s child” and “scum of the earth”, the witness said: “That’s language I would never use.”
Asked about claims she would also “batter” the child, the sister told the hearing: “I never treated this individual like this. I never treated any individual like this. I just couldn’t and I never did it.”
The nun described food at the institution as “always good” and said every child’s birthday would be celebrated.
She also denied suggestions that the children would be given scalding baths and be made to share the same water.
The inquiry later heard a statement from another nun who claimed the witness had hit a boy for “carrying on”.
The nun alleged that the sister had shown her red marks on the child’s back and thought it was “because she regretted it”.
“I remember (the sister) being ashamed of herself,” the nun’s statement said.
The witness said she had no recollection of the alleged incident.
“I don’t think it did happen but I just hope it didn’t,” she said.
“I have no recollection whatsoever of it. If that happened, I’m just terribly sad that it did happen … I cannot believe that I pushed a child or…
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