What went on there was deplorable. And while the Churches (both main Christian denominations in the country) bear a lot of the blame, politicians, gardai, doctors and society in general bear some of it too.
Women were sent in behind the walls of these places so that society wouldn't become "morally infected" by "fallen women". Crazy crazy carry on and embarrassing and shameful that it happened in this country and up to quite recently.
I know a family, who lived around the corner from me growing up, who let on that their daughter had actually died!!! And left her in a lunatic asylum after the child had been born. They'd received sympathies from far and wide for their tragic loss. F**ken scandalous.
And then the forcible taking of the children from their mothers to put them in "good homes". And the 9,000+ deaths. And the shouting down of people who questioned what was going on.
And even today, when this issue is raised as a concern, and the despicable leaking of parts of the report (have these victims not already suffered enough) some here would try shut down this thread, and resurrect a figleaf of a thread from over 7 years ago and accuse the person who started this thread of spamming.
Quick - look over there :roll:
