A Case That Broke Me ~ Part 1

 

Hello my fellow crime buffs. The case I am going to dive into today, is all over the news right now. I have a number of reasons why it is really, really breaking my heart... some very personal reasons; but I like the rest of you, am absolutely furious and disgusted that the "church" has once again done the most despicable thing. 

Please bear with me as I struggle to find the words I want to put down here...

You may have figured it out, but I am going to write about the remains of 800 babies and toddlers that are in a septic tank on the property of a former "mother and baby home" (A place where unwed mothers went to have their babies, as we know back in those days, it brought great shame to the family if a woman was having a baby out of wedlock).

THIS STORY REMINDS ME SO MUCH OF THE BUTTERBOX BABIES CASE, UNBEKNOWNEST TO THEIR MOTHERS. THAT CASE WAS ABOUT THE IDEAL MATERNITY HOME IN CHESTER, NOVA SCOTIA (1928 - 1947).

Today, we will be discussing Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home aka St. Mary's Mother and Baby Home. It was fully operated from 1925 -1961 and was located in the town of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland.

I would like to mention a woman named Catherine Corless. She is a local historian who taken it upon herself to investigate the home and its sordid history. 

It just so happened that she began investigating in 2012, the same year that the Health Service Executive had a feeling that approximately a thousand children had been illegally adopted out to people in the United States.

After conducting their research, the Health Service Executive only found 36 illefal foreign adoptions from that home. They, at that time, concluded their investigation stating the allegations of foreign adoptions for money, were "impossible to prove, and impossible to disprove."

To Be continued