Sheila Griffin asks what I meant when I said (Letters, August 24) that
Catholic institutions were responsible for the deaths of girls and women
who died whilst incarcerated in Magdalene laundries.
Given that these girls and women lived lives (in some cases, whole lives) of brutality, drudgery, and shame, stripped of all basic human rights — even their names — while working for free for the financial benefit of those Catholic institutions, I think my meaning could hardly be clearer.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/yourview/magdalene-women-slaved-for-a-church-obsessed-with-sexuality-350391.html
Given that these girls and women lived lives (in some cases, whole lives) of brutality, drudgery, and shame, stripped of all basic human rights — even their names — while working for free for the financial benefit of those Catholic institutions, I think my meaning could hardly be clearer.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/yourview/magdalene-women-slaved-for-a-church-obsessed-with-sexuality-350391.html