[RegulatorCountry]

There will be a government inquiry, into this and other similar homes. That’s why the notion of “mass grave” is now being spiffed up and sanitized, it’s essentially for marketing and PR purposes.

[Oberon]

That’s why the notion of “mass grave” is now being spiffed up and sanitized, it’s essentially for marketing and PR purposes.

...this statement of yours tells me that you've made up your mind on this point. In your mind it was either a septic tank and acknowledged as such, or it was a septic tank and they're lying to us about it, saying it was a mass grave.

I wish I could be so omniscient about things.

[boatbums]

What I notice is NOT being addressed is the other point the original article discussed - that of "these" children being treated scornfully by the largely Catholic townspeople and church, malnourished, kept apart from the other children, dressed in rags, dirty and diseased. A government inspection report of the Tuam home described some of the children as "fragile, pot-bellied and emaciated". Actual testimony was given by people still alive that this WAS what went on. "The children were weak and malnourished and barely had the energy to lift their legs", stated one person who lived there at that time. That is something that cannot be spiffed up and sanitized because people saw it going on.

Yes, Ireland was/is a poor country and, yes, those in charge were probably doing the best they could, but it is hard to look at all the great wealth and power held by the Vatican and not wonder why more couldn't have been done to alleviate the misery and dire needs of those lives put in the care of this church. Like I have said repeatedly, this gives ALL Christian pro-lifers a black eye and it doesn't matter how long ago it happened. We shouldn't be seen as denying, covering up or transferring blame to avoid a rightful reckoning these innocent souls deserve.

And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being. (Genesis 9:5)