Throwing bodies in a septic tank is mere disposal. Criminals have been known to do it to hide dead bodies. A proper Christian burial is to be expected from an organization run by nuns and the Catholic Church, whether or not they were poor. I have very poor ancestors who were buried in a handmade pine box with a fieldstone for a grave marker during the Civil War. It didn’t enter their minds to just dump the body somewhere. The rationalizations of the faithful here are actually shameful. This was not good, it was wrong. The Irish who discovered it were shocked. To listen to some of the excuses made here, the Irish shouldn’t have even batted an eye, rolling naked dead bodies into whatever crack or crevice was just what they did. Rather insulting to the Irish, if you ask me. It never ceases to amaze me, the lengths some will go to.
I agree. Thanks for your input.
As someone who is a determined pro-lifer, it really bothers me to read about such things because I know about all the anti-life, pro-abortion rights people out there who will look at this as just another example of "religious" people who don't care about the children that come from unplanned or unwanted pregnancies. See, they will say, you claim you want to help pregnant women and girls but once the baby is born, you don't care anymore. Here is a prime example of that - a thousand dead babies tossed one on top of another in a used concrete septic tank, forgotten, unmarked, as if they never lived at all. "Hey! At least they weren't aborted!"
This reflects badly on ALL pro-life people, not just Roman Catholics. It distresses me and SHOULD do so for others.