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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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[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 180 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 62 points 2 weeks ago

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

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[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

It's worth mentioning that Joe Pesci did SNL the following week and said "I would have gave [sic] her such a smack. I would've grabbed her by her ... eyebrows." AFAIK he has never apologized for this.

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[-] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 117 points 2 weeks ago

Religion is fucked up.

Don’t trust any religious people.

They’re all sick in the head.

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 50 points 2 weeks ago

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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[-] FirstCircle@lemmy.ml 73 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 weeks ago

Damn those fucking monsters. Worse of all I bet the lived with no consequences...

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 71 points 2 weeks ago

Satanic Panic was projection.

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[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 67 points 2 weeks ago

To the "religion is what makes us civil" crowd, fuck off all the way to whatever hell you believe in or just the sun.

Disclaimer: This is not a call for violence.

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[-] javiwhite@feddit.uk 58 points 2 weeks ago

Religion has historically provided a safe haven to the sick and twisted among society, where they're allowed to act with impunity due to their perceived status.

That's not directly due to the religion; but rather due to the societal pedestal being devout seems to put people on; "a holy person could never do that to a child" etc...

The reality is, other areas that benefit from this sort of status too find themselves riddled with bad actors... Just look through charity organisations and I can guarantee you'll be combing over a sea of sociopaths buying themselves good credit with public opinion rather than people looking to make a difference because they want to (not to say these people don't exist; they just don't end up running the show normally)

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[-] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 2 weeks ago

Every time I run into a pro lifer, I tell them about what happened in Ireland.

Most of them ignore me, some say it's worth it.

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[-] raynethackery@lemmy.world 48 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 67 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 10 points 2 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.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Catholic Islam is a radical sect

Sorry *Christianity

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[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 41 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

My dad recent got a decent payout for being the internationally trafficked childhood victim of one of these unwed mother homes…

Not worth his lifetime of trauma, nor the issues that came with being sold at age 4 to a “keeping up appearances” family that sent him away to boarding school on top of everything..

But it’s something.. he’s mid 70s, so you know, totally enough time to use the money.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 weeks ago

What the fuck

[-] the_q@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 weeks ago

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

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[-] zymagoras777@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

I love how the headline says as if this happened recently. Clowns.

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[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

But abortion is immoral, right?

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[-] RamenDame@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

How do they determine age with a DNA test? Wouldn’t say look at the remains from the death baby’s? I have questions.

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[-] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 10 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] nulluser@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 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.

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[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

DNA analysis found that the ages of the dead ranged from 35 weeks gestation to 3 years.

Ok, atrocities aside, how the hell can you tell age from DNA? DNA doesn't change as you age.

[-] Broda@szmer.info 12 points 2 weeks ago

It actually does, telomeres shorten, this is one of the most important reasons why we, you know, age.

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