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The home, which was run by an order of Catholic nuns and closed in 1961, was one of many such institutions that housed tens of thousands of orphans and unmarried pregnant women who were forced to give up their children throughout much of the 20th century.

In 2014, historian Catherine Corless tracked down death certificates for nearly 800 children who died at the home in Tuam between the 1920s and 1961 — but could only find a burial record for one child.

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Secours_Mother_and_Baby_Home .

The mothers were required to stay inside the home for one year, doing unpaid work for the nuns, as reimbursement for some of the services rendered. They were separated from their children, who remained separately in the home, raised by nuns, until they could be adopted – often without consent.

Some women who had had two confinements were sent directly to nearby Magdalene laundries after giving birth, as punishment for their perceived "recidivism". According to Professor Maria Luddy, "Such a stance, though not intended to be penal, allowed for the development of an attitude that accepted detention as a means of protecting society from these reoffending women.

Confinements. Punishment. Detention. Reoffending women.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

The Sanctity of Life

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

But abortion is immoral, right?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Catholics... If hell exists it'll be full of 'em.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Naww... hell is gonna be cool. The real hell will be "their heaven"

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[–] [email protected] 240 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I'm old enough to remember everyone getting all bent out of shape by Sinead O'Connor ripping up a picture of the Pope.

She was a couple of years early, but right.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 weeks ago (21 children)

But she paid a huge price for being too early :(

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Ummm this article is either old or this has happened multiple times now and I am really not going to investigate further myself because I want to go to bed unsad tonight.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, it's an old story. What's new is they've started excavating it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The article is new because the excavation just started, the home operated between 1920 and 1961. But it has happened in multiple locations in the UK. So, all of the above.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It appears that this is a new article with updated details on a news story that's been evolving for a decade. So, it's the same one you've heard about before, just with a bit of new information.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

June 17, 2025 2:01pm PDT

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

June 17, 2025... seems pretty new

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Flush alligators not children.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago

What the fuck

[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

How could these nuns think they would be admitted to heaven?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

I'm guessing that God probably knows the infant mortality rates throughout history.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because they didn't allow abortion. That's how

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Sounds like they were all about the 4-5-6-7-8-9th trimester abortions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

If you wait till it's born, it's not abortion anymore but sending those poor little angels directly to God who's the only one who will ever be able to properly care for them or whatever kind of bullshit they used to justify what they did..

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

One of the selling features of Christianity is that you just need to ask Jesus forgiveness and it will be granted.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Catholic Islam is a radical sect

Sorry *Christianity

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

You were right... same God, different prophet

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly if hell could be livestreamed I'd love to have a kick out of watching a 24 hour stream of them burning on it.

[–] [email protected] 134 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Religion is fucked up.

Don’t trust any religious people.

They’re all sick in the head.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Religion is a social cancer. Sometimes it's benign and the host reabsorbs it. Other times it's spreads and kills living tissue

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