The women were treated like slaves. The Irish government had to intervene to shut the workhouses down in the 1960s (I believe) because conditions were so deplorable.
Good thing you're a "neutral" observer, Clemenza, to the "mariolotry" debates.
I have to say, I'm a bit confused, are you attacking Catholics, or the Irish? Or just people who have run homes for unmarried mothers?
"The women were treated like slaves."
Gee, you mean they were required to work and share the poverty of the sisters? Ghastly.
Much better that they should kill their babies and/or prostitute themselves.