[boatbums]

Shouldn't they at least have baptized the dying babies? Doesn't sound like they did which was the reason given for why they were dumped in a septic tank as a mass grave. I would call that despicable behavior for a Catholic church run ministry seeing as Catholic doctrine permits the baptizing of dying innocents.

I, personally, believe that ALL innocents will be covered by the mercy and grace of God and that baptism is for cognizant persons who have received Jesus Christ as Savior and want to publicly testify to their conversion and desire to follow Christ.

[Prince of Space]

Here’s a link about Bethany Home, a Protestant home for unwed mothers in County Dublin. They lost 29 babies in 1936 alone, and they buried 219 babies in unmarked graves over a period of about 25 years. They were accused of proselytising the unwed mothers and their families and visitors, and if they succeeded in converting a Roman Catholic, there were accusations that the convert was rewarded with lowered fees.

I’m shocked that the Church of Ireland allowed innocent children to be starved and mistreated in this way. In one investigation of more than 100 deaths at the home, over 50 died of “convulsions,” and more than 25% died of “heart failure.” Yeah, riiight. It’s obvious that they were murdered by their Protestant caretakers. (Just using the logic of the Catholic bashers here in order to make my unsupported accusations.)