| "Magdalene Sisters" Irish lasses made into slaves of the church |
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One of the readers of our site brought a portion of recent Irish Catholic history to my attention that I had never heard a word about until now. This history is so shocking that I can't bring myself to write about it. I know that defenders of the Catholic Church would use anything that I might write to accuse ME of bigotry and God knows what else. So instead I simply urge anyone with an open mind to type the words "Magdalene Laundries" or "Magdalene Sisters" into their browser's search engine box (such as Google) and explore a few of the hundreds of links that come up. Then, judge for yourself if a "Holy Mother" would her children as the Roman Catholic Church treated so many innocent young women, whose only crime -- in some cases -- was that they had charms that might tempt young Catholic boys. |