Oh yeah the Magdalene Laundries are well documented.
Even in recent years in Ireland, we have more stories and mass graves of babies found. They didn't give two fucks. It's so scary.
It's not just Ireland though, it happens everywhere. I was abused in the US. My parents were christian missionaries for a large portion of their adult lives and I spent years as a kid and teen being dragged around the United States, around the world through all sorts of organisations and churches. There is only church I know of that handled an abuse situation poorly. No one will tell me much of the details, and honestly, I'm too scared to ask my mother. Abuse is not a conversation we have. Ever.
My grandmother here in Ireland told me a story about her church and they have a pedophile attending and she had to tell him off one day when she found him wandering around by the childrens church section. It just made me angry. Why the fuck is your church allowing him to be there? Fuck your forgiveness. You will rail against peple having abortions but you will accept and forgive the pedophile and allow him into your family organistion? BullSHIT.
I just finished the documentary. It was exceptionally good. It was very detailed and in depth and I really liked the fact that it focused on the victims/survivors as opposed to the people who commited these crimes. It wasn't just one priest, it was an entire network including the police. They reckon the Baltimore police helped cover up the murder of Cathy Cesnik.
