A staple of extreme Protestant propaganda in the first half of the twentieth century
was the accusation of ‘convent slave laundries’. Anti-Catholic organs like
The
Watchman
and
The Rock
regularly alleged extremely harsh conditions in Roman
Catholic convent laundries and reported stories of abductions into them and escapes
1 In Ireland, the scandal of Magdalen laundries has been the subject of extensive official inquiri Allegations of widespread near-slave conditions and harsh punishments turned out to be substantially true. 3 The Irish state has apologized, 4 memoirs have been written, compensation paid, a movie made. 5 Something similar occurred in England.
http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/magdalen.pdf
1 In Ireland, the scandal of Magdalen laundries has been the subject of extensive official inquiri Allegations of widespread near-slave conditions and harsh punishments turned out to be substantially true. 3 The Irish state has apologized, 4 memoirs have been written, compensation paid, a movie made. 5 Something similar occurred in England.
http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/magdalen.pdf