http://world.time.com/2013/02/07/the-mag...nal-shame/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-...dries.html
Lately, we have had some interesting conversations with the Catholics on this forum. I would like to know what they think about the Magdalen Laundries that were run in Ireland by Catholic nuns. From the second link:
From what I understand, young women and girls were sent to work without pay in laundries run by nuns. They were often mistreated and weren't allowed to leave. Their crimes included out of wedlock pregnancy, perceived promiscuity or just not being wanted and being female. The Catholic Church basically enslaved these women/girls
Has the Catholic Church ever apologized to the victims of the laundry or paid them any restitution?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-...dries.html
Lately, we have had some interesting conversations with the Catholics on this forum. I would like to know what they think about the Magdalen Laundries that were run in Ireland by Catholic nuns. From the second link:
Quote:Thousands of women are thought to have passed through the gates of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, some of them never to emerge again and others to leave with deep emotional scars.
The women - some of whom had fallen pregnant outside marriage, or were the daughters of unmarried women - worked for years in church-run laundries, at times allegedly enduring both mental and physical abuse.
From what I understand, young women and girls were sent to work without pay in laundries run by nuns. They were often mistreated and weren't allowed to leave. Their crimes included out of wedlock pregnancy, perceived promiscuity or just not being wanted and being female. The Catholic Church basically enslaved these women/girls
Has the Catholic Church ever apologized to the victims of the laundry or paid them any restitution?
