Carer tortured kids by clapping his hands over their ears

  A carer at a Catholic children’s home carried out a campaign of sexual and physical abuse against 26 boys in his care in the 1960s and 1970s, a court heard today (mon). James McCann, 80, allegedly tortured some of the lads by clapping his hands over their ears, causing excruciating pain and nausea. McCann is said to have abused the youngsters while working at the c, in Shefford, Bedfordshire. He joined the school af the age of 29 in…