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1 October 2016

My 3 Years As a Child Slave in a Magdalene Laundry Run by Sadistic Nuns

I read this story and it stands out as a mirror of... what most of us innocent children of the catholic church orphanages... and homes were put through... by nuns and priest... boys and girls alike... Ann
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FORCED into hard labour at the tender age of 14, Kathleen Legg’s only crime was being born out of wedlock.
The Magdalene Laundries seemed the perfect solution to hide her “shameful secret”.
Kathleen, now 77, was sent to St Mary’s Training School, Stanhope Street, Dublin, where she lived and worked in horrific conditions.  Although it happened more than 60 years ago, she still can’t erase her memories of life in the laundry.

http://churchandstate.org.uk/2016/09/my-3-years-as-a-child-slave-in-a-magdalene-laundry-run-by-sadistic-nuns/