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January 24, 2021
By Rebecca Black
A Northern Ireland woman has recalled spending months at a “hellhole” institution for unmarried mothers and babies.
Adele, 69, was sent to the Marianvale home in Newry, run by the Good Shepherd Sisters, at the age of 17 after becoming pregnant.
“When my mother found out, wheels were set in motion and I was duly shipped off,” she said.
“I was picked up in a car with the parish priest and taken there. I hadn’t a clue what was going on.
“I was told there were no other options, your child will be adopted and you’ll stay here. That was reinforced by the nuns and my mother.”
Adele believes she stayed for around 12 weeks and described Marianvale as a “hellhole.”
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