Northern Ireland police to probe abuse at church-run homes
London, UKAP Police in Northern Ireland on Wednesday announced an investigation into allegations of physical and sexual abuse at church-run institutions that housed unmarried women and their children. The announcement came a day after an independent panel recommended a public inquiry to examine human rights abuses in the homes, so-called Magdalene laundries and workhouses. Detective […]
Irish PM says “perverse” morality drove unwed mothers’ homes
London, UKAP Ireland’s Prime Minister said on Tuesday that the country must “face up to the full truth of our past”, as a long-awaited report recounted decades of harm done by church-run homes for unmarried women and their babies, where thousands of infants died. Micheal Martin said young women and their children had paid a […]