I AGREE with Kevin Myers that Irish society as a whole was culpable in
stigmatising unmarried mothers (“Let’s take easy option and burn a few
Bon Secours nuns”, Comment, last week). The Catholic Church became even
more influential after Irish independence in 1922.
People often accepted without question its teachings. Notwithstanding this, Irish families must accept a large proportion of responsibility for what happened in Tuam. While some supported their unmarried daughters and offspring, many, because of shame and incest, did not.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/tuam-is-only-one-name-in-a-litany-of-abuse-b5r20wrtt
People often accepted without question its teachings. Notwithstanding this, Irish families must accept a large proportion of responsibility for what happened in Tuam. While some supported their unmarried daughters and offspring, many, because of shame and incest, did not.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/tuam-is-only-one-name-in-a-litany-of-abuse-b5r20wrtt