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Those nuns did as well as they humanly could with the funds provided by the state. The school was not a Catholic-run institution. Nuns work for nothing, for the glory of God. The exact same way they have been taking care of the poorest since their inception.

I'm sure that is a pious thought to have but it doesn't make it fact. You have claimed NONE of the story is true, that it is all just bogus and a fraud and people who want the story to be told are doing so because they are anti-Catholic bigots. Why don't you make up your mind?

These kinds of homes were spread across Ireland and were provided funds to help take care of the part of society everyone thought should be hidden away - out of sight, out of mind. The Tuam home, in addition to state funds, also received donations, adopted out babies for money (donations), women and children were hired out to factories and they even allowed medical experimentation on the residents. The Bon Secours nuns DID represent the Roman Catholic church and it pains me to think how splendidly and lavishly the Pope and his bishops lived in Rome while so many did without some of their most basic needs of survival. It WAS a Catholic church institution, that is unquestionable, and there certainly WAS more that could be done to ensure the health and welfare of these human lives put into their care. We aren't talking about the middle ages!

Yes, Christians have been helping the less fortunate since it began, which is why reading about this pitiful situation pains me. You may think anyone who talks about this only does so from an attitude of bigotry against Catholics, but that is untrue. I haven't ignored that there were "Protestant" homes that could be accused of the same things and those who are in the process of investigating this shameful past are not leaving out ANY of them - which is as it should be. Nevertheless, we should never give the adversary an occasion for slander or reproach for the cause of Christ. Ignoring or refusing to believe bad things happened is opening the door wide for just that. We are ALL touched by scandal and must work together to ensure it never happens again.

Not one nun that worked at the school has been charged with wrongdoing. Not the first one. Yet you, just like the rest of the LIBERAL Catholic-hating media automatically jump on the sisters to try and say they were responsible for the deaths of these children. When the investigation is finally completed and it will reveals the nuns were not explicit in the deaths and did all they could to care for these children, I would appreciate an apology from you and the rest of the anti-Catholics on FR. Will that ever happen? Absolutely not.