How is this possible?

About 6 years ago the remains of 800 babies and children were found hidden in a septic tank in a disused convent in Tuam, Ireland. For much of the 20th.century the convent had been a Catholic home for illegitimate children; any deaths that were reported were put down to diseases caused by malnutrition. The matter is still under investigation. Under pressure from the Irish PM and others the Pope on his just-ended visit, apologised for past wrongs but apparently knew nothing about this. How is it possible that with a visit pending, neither Vatican advisers nor Irish bishops briefed him on such a crime?

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Starcrossed · 41-45, F

Isn't that messed up? Theres a documentary on it on one of the streaming services.

alan20 · M

@Starcrossed In what sense do you mean messed up?

Starcrossed · 41-45, F

@alan20 messed up that they would steal babies from unwed mothers ...because some of them, that is what happened, and just throw them in the septic tank like trash, not even a catholic burial.

alan20 · M

@Starcrossed Agree 100%. I grew up a devout Catholic (in my childhood) but there's been too much. I really think the guilty have to be punished and that includes those who tried to protect them as well as those who knew and did nothing. I find the whole situation surreal, almost impossible to believe that such horrors could have happened in Ireland.

Peaches · F

@Starcrossed That's so horrible and terribly sad!!! 😢💔