[familyop]

"The women were ostracised by the conservative-Catholic society and were often forced to hand over their children for adoption."

They hid the remains of the children in a septic tank. Hideous.

[narses]

“They hid the remains of the children in a septic tank. Hideous.”

Wrong. Try again.

[narses]

Records indicate that the former Tuam workhouse’s septic tank was converted specifically to serve as the body disposal site for the orphanage.

Respectful of the unmarked grave in their midst, residents long have kept the grass trimmed and built a small grotto with a statue of the Virgin Mary.

- See more at: http://www.shepherdstownchronicle.com/page/content.detail/id/517531/Irish-church-under-fire-over-children-s-mass-grave.html?isap=1&nav=5134#sthash.kdeb4zsP.dpuf

[PapaBear3625]

"The women were ostracised by the conservative-Catholic society and were often forced to hand over their children for adoption." They hid the remains of the children in a septic tank. Hideous.

And how do you get from "adoption" to "hid the remains"?

Adoption led to a better life than living in poverty with the biological mother. We should do more of that here in the US, rather than subsidizing the unwed moms.

[Petrosius]

They hid the remains of the children in a septic tank. Hideous.

So they took and in-ground cement vault, disconnected it from the septic system (it was converted, remember) and used it as a mass tomb. What is hideous about that?