IRELAND
Irish Central
August 26, 2018
By George Dillon
Yes, the church did wrong on child abuse and Magdalene Laundries, but there were plenty of Irish in leadership roles who turned a blind eye.
The Irish, from their ruling class right down to the general populace, have created a convenient narrative about these abuses.
In this account, no Irish person bears any guilt or responsibility, save the clerics who carried out the abuse.
That, of course, is self-serving garbage. The mistreatment and abuse could not have occurred without the aid of a whole network of lay people and government officials and politicians. These institutions where the young were mistreated were subject to regular inspection by government officials.
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