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flamin lib

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6. I'm have to research this to find independent verification.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 04:26 PM

Aug 2018

Sadly I'm sure I'll find it but things this horrific defy initial acceptance as true.

Everything about me as a father, a grandfather and a human being wants to reject the possibility that a group of people as large as the staff of this orphanage, much less the entire Catholic church could keep ranks without a single individual speaking out.

Yet we have history . . .

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We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph's Catholic Orphanage [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 OP

Well, not day one zipplewrath Aug 2018 #1

wasn't it Roman Emperor Constantine who made it the official religion of the empire? eShirl Aug 2018 #3

Yup, sorta zipplewrath Aug 2018 #5

and we have the Magdalene laundries in Ireland. niyad Aug 2018 #2

My mother in law used to live in a house backing on to one of them in Cork and it always struck her OnDoutside Aug 2018 #7

thank you for sharing part of your family history with us. what a dreadful person she was. niyad Aug 2018 #11

Yes a real gold digger, heartless.... OnDoutside Aug 2018 #12

This is so horrible - I couldn't finish reading it. smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #4

I'm have to research this to find independent verification. flamin lib Aug 2018 #6

The reporting on this is meticulous and took years. YEARS. The reporter is an award-winning WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #8

Kicking because this thread has been un-removed. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #9

Another kick for that reason. panader0 Aug 2018 #10