The home, which was run by an order of Catholic nuns and closed in 1961, was one of many such institutions that housed tens of thousands of orphans and unmarried pregnant women who were forced to give up their children throughout much of the 20th century.

In 2014, historian Catherine Corless tracked down death certificates for nearly 800 children who died at the home in Tuam between the 1920s and 1961 — but could only find a burial record for one child.

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      One of the selling features of Christianity is that you just need to ask Jesus forgiveness and it will be granted.

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        With Catholics you’re supposed to confess to a priest, but same difference to them, basically

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          If they pay an indulgence, even the rich will get into Heaven.

          (So there must be a massive divine operation passing camels through the eyes of needles)

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      Honestly if hell could be livestreamed I’d love to have a kick out of watching a 24 hour stream of them burning on it.

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          “The remains ranged from 35 weeks gestation to 3 years old.” So not abortions but stillbirths and dead children. Conditions were appalling, rampant disease etc.

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          If you wait till it’s born, it’s not abortion anymore but sending those poor little angels directly to God who’s the only one who will ever be able to properly care for them or whatever kind of bullshit they used to justify what they did…

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      I’m guessing that God probably knows the infant mortality rates throughout history.