Infant and Fetus Remains Are Found at Ex-Home for Unwed Mothers in Ireland
The commission that was established in 2015 to investigate allegations of abuse in the institutions, which are known in Ireland as mother
and baby homes, said its inquiry in Tuam focused on two structures on the grounds of St. Mary’s.
Corless said that The state never really accepted that it had accountability or responsibility
when it came to their own citizens, so it outsourced all of that to the church.
By SINEAD O’SHEAMARCH 3, 2017
DUBLIN — The local historian had been telling the authorities for years
that dead infants might have been buried in an old sewage system on the grounds of a former home for unmarried mothers and their children in the west of Ireland.
The director of Amnesty International Ireland, Colm O’Gorman, who himself experienced clerical abuse, said it was time for the government to "join the dots." "There is a direct line between the industrial schools, the mother
and baby homes and the abuse committed and covered up by priests," he said.
Ms. Corless added that it was important now that the investigation continued its work, and
that "it needs to go further inside." The commission’s announcement marked another development in a series of scandals involving church and state in Irish life.
" the agency said in a statement. that The commission is shocked by this discovery
and is continuing its investigation into who was responsible for the disposal of human remains in this way,