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And these vile fuckers still think they have moral authority
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/30/irish-pm-apologises-to-126-people-illegally-adopted-decades-ago
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The Irish prime minister has apologised in parliament to 126 people who were illegally adopted between 1946 and 1969, saying the disclosures were another chapter from the very dark history of our country.
The taoiseachs apology followed a government statement revealing that 126 births were illegally registered by St Patricks Guild, a Catholic adoption agency. Those affected, now in their 50s, 60s and 70s, may not know they were adopted.
The new disclosure follows revelations in recent years about the Magdalene Laundries, run by the Catholic church to house fallen women. Thousands of women who had babies outside marriage or were considered morally wayward were incarcerated and used as free labour. Many had their babies forcibly removed and put up for adoption.
A statement released this week by Tusla, Irelands state-run child and family agency, said it had identified 126 cases of illegal registration of births by St Patricks Guild, and it was trying to identify, locate and inform those involved.
underpants
(182,279 posts)The shit that used to go on in Social Services is astounding
dawg day
(7,947 posts)This planet is a mess
underpants
(182,279 posts)Thanks.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)There was a movie made about the magdaline sisteres and it's the most gut wrentching movie.
LisaM
(27,759 posts)That Chief Justice John Roberts may very well have illegally adopted two Irish children.
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-John-Roberts-involve-a-third-country-in-the-adoption-of-his-children
http://underneaththeirrobes.blogs.com/main/2005/08/the_roberts_ado.html
I remember this coming up a few years ago
LisaM
(27,759 posts)Can you imagine if Obama had nominated someone with that baggage?
malaise
(267,819 posts)the coverups have been going on for way too long
panader0
(25,816 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)The lies, enslavement, destruction of records, etc were abominable. They were selling babies.
What a powerful true story!
article excerpt:
Philomena Lee, a slight, soft-spoken Irishwoman in her 80s who walks with the aid of a stick, returned to Dublin today to spearhead the latest in a long series of campaigns against clerical wrongs.
In the 1950s nuns took her son Anthony away from her because he was born out of wedlock, giving him to well-off Americans in exchange for dollars. When she went back to the convent looking for him in later life, the nuns told her they had no idea where he was.
More:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/philomena-lees-tragic-tale-was-made-into-a-film-starring-judi-dench-but-her-battle-continues-9084154.html
malaise
(267,819 posts)way too many countries all in the name of controlling and exploiting women and children while enriching themselves and their so called morally upright religious and political institutions.
FakeNoose
(32,351 posts)It's not happening now, but unmarried girls who got pregnant used to be thrown out by their parents or taken to the sisters (like the Magdelene convent.) This was what led to the abuse and exploitation, selling the babies, etc. Many Americans took part when they adopted the babies, but they probably never realized the abuse that was going on in the convents. Sadly many of those girls who lost their babies committed suicide, or they never recovered emotionally from the loss.
OnDoutside
(19,908 posts)pay to the abused, they haven't even paid that. And they think they have the moral authority to tell us what to do !
2 of my cousins were adopted privately by my aunt through a woman who "found homes" babies born of the Great and the Good in the city. Sadly one passed away but the other is currently searching through the state channels. I hope he finds what he's looking for, but you just don't know, when you read stuff like this.