(January 12, 2021 at 2:07 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Irish government to apologise over mother-and-baby homes

The commission that investigated the homes found that the number of children who died was about 15% of all those who were born in the institutions.
There were about 56,000 unmarried mothers and 57,000 children in the mother-and-baby homes and county homes investigated by the commission.

That is a crazy number.  "Out of sight, out of mind".  Unwed mothers were an embarrassment to their families.

I wonder how many people died in Mother Theresa's homes that could've been saved by basic medical care?

The Catholic Church as an institution doesn't do a very good job of taking care of people -- including pre-natal care in U.S. hospitals.

(January 12, 2021 at 6:28 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote:

(January 12, 2021 at 6:26 pm)Nomad Wrote: They were doing their level best to bury this report up until recently.  Oh and Mickey Martin was part of the government that gave the roman catholic church a sweetheart deal on covering the compensation for the child sex abuse scandal, making them liable for only 10% of the costs (of which the church still hasn't coughed up).

Fuck you and your fake apology you spineless, gutless, anti-Irish sack of shit.

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By fiat of the state and, most especially, the church.  My guess is that, if they were given the choice, most families would have minded their own.

Don't sit on the fence... say what you mean!

It'd take too long. I'd have to invent whole new expletives to get it all out.