IRELAND
Irish Central
By
PATRICK COUNIHAN,
IrishCentral Staff Writer
Published Saturday, March 9, 2013
A radio documentary has heard two Magdalene Laundry nuns defend the actions of the religious orders who ran the infamous institutions.
The Irish Times reports that two nuns involved in running Magdalene laundries have hit back at criticisms of the four congregations which operated the 10 such laundries in Ireland up to 1996.
The unnamed sisters spoke to the RTE radio programme The God Slot.
Sister B said: “All of the shame of the era is being dumped on the religious orders.”
When asked if an apology might be appropriate after the recent McAleese report on the laundries, Sister A responded: “Apologise for what?”
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