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9,000 children died at 'brutally misogynistic' homes for unmarried mothers in Ireland

danieldemol

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
'Unmarried mothers in Ireland faced a "brutally misogynistic culture" for decades, a minister has said after the publication of a report into the deaths of 9,000 children and babies.

A five-year investigation by a judicial commission of investigation details how the children died at 18 institutions for unmarried mothers and their babies between 1922 and 1998.

The commission's 3,000-page report confirms that 9,000 babies died - about 15% of all the children who were in the institutions - and a figure far higher than the national mortality rate at the time.

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin will make an official state apology to those affected on Wednesday in the Dail.

He said the report describes "a dark, difficult and shameful chapter of very recent Irish history", and called on the Church to issue its own apology.'

Read more here: 9,000 children died at 'brutally misogynistic' homes for unmarried mothers in Ireland
 

Hockeycowboy

Witness for Jehovah
Premium Member
How sad!!
The Bible's Resurrection will truly bring a lot of happiness to individuals by restoring not only their life, but their families as well, and rectify all the wrongs ever committed under human rule!
John 5:28-29; Isaiah 25 8; Revelation 21:3-4
 

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
The EU should be informed about this. It is still a consequence of the old law forbidding abortions in Ireland.
But I would have never expected something so sad.
Considering that in my country the list of adopting parents is long , and these babies could have found a family and a home not only in Italy but in any other country of the EU.

If there are responsibilities of the Catholic dioceses, the Vatican should investigate too.
 
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Yerda

Veteran Member
I recall the stories about the remains of hundreds of babies being found in a spetic tank a few years back: Ireland shock over 800 babies ‘in septic tank’

Ireland was like a catholic theocracy until fairly recently. The film The Magdalene Sisters is a brutal depiction of what life was like for unmarried women who became pregnant or otherwise shamed their families during these times. A good film if you're looking to become enraged and then depressed.
 

Samael_Khan

Goosebender
'Unmarried mothers in Ireland faced a "brutally misogynistic culture" for decades, a minister has said after the publication of a report into the deaths of 9,000 children and babies.

A five-year investigation by a judicial commission of investigation details how the children died at 18 institutions for unmarried mothers and their babies between 1922 and 1998.

The commission's 3,000-page report confirms that 9,000 babies died - about 15% of all the children who were in the institutions - and a figure far higher than the national mortality rate at the time.

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin will make an official state apology to those affected on Wednesday in the Dail.

He said the report describes "a dark, difficult and shameful chapter of very recent Irish history", and called on the Church to issue its own apology.'

Read more here: 9,000 children died at 'brutally misogynistic' homes for unmarried mothers in Ireland

I remember reading about this a couple of years ago where they found a mass grave of these children. All "unclean" women, such as prostitutes and teenagers who had sex out of wedlock and were pregnant, were sent to these "nunnery" institutions, and their children were either adopted or died and buried. The women were then put into labour for the place under harsh/strict conditions. This just goes to show how toxic the purity culture was in those days, especially on the Catholic side of Christianity.
 

danieldemol

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
This just goes to show how toxic the purity culture was in those days, especially on the Catholic side of Christianity.
And let us be ever vigilant against newer sects which promote the same toxic purity culture under new names.
 

pearl

Well-Known Member
Ireland was like a catholic theocracy until fairly recently. The film The Magdalene Sisters is a brutal depiction of what life was like for unmarried women who became pregnant or otherwise shamed their families during these times. A good film if you're looking to become enraged and then depressed.

Steve Kroft reported on the Magdalen Laundries in 1999, only two years after the last one had closed and when the full story of the laundries was coming to light. "The women had been virtual prisoners," Steve reported. "Confined behind convent walls for perceived sins of the flesh, condemned to a life of servitude."

“Philomena” and Ireland’s Magdalen Laundries - CBS News
 
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