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Historian believes bodies of 800 babies, long-dead, are in a tank at Irish home for unwed mothers

Children’s Home, Dublin Road, Tuam, Ireland circa 1950.

A photo of some of the children at "the Home" in 1924 (Connaught Tribune, 21st June 1924)
June 6, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/06/03/bodies-of-800-babies-long-dead-found-in-septic-tank-at-former-irish-home-for-unwed-mothers/ [with comments]

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800 dead babies are probably just the beginning

The former Bons Secours home for unmarried mothers in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland.
The corpses thought to be in an Irish septic pit resulted from a larger problem.

June 6, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/06/06/800-dead-babies-are-probably-just-the-beginning/ [with the YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG3QP8foCvg (with comments), embedded, and comments]

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Irish archbishop adds voice to those calling for investigation of septic tank burials
June 6, 2014
http://www.religionnews.com/2014/06/06/irish-archbishop-adds-voice-calling-investigation-septic-tank-burials/ [with comments]

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Here’s a letter giving state approval of Tuam mother and baby home
The letter on behalf of the Minister for Health of the day was issued to mother and baby homes who were seeking approval as maternity homes.
Jun 14, 2014
http://www.thejournal.ie/letter-tuam-mother-and-baby-home-1513403-Jun2014/ [with comments]

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79% of babies who died in Tuam home didn't reach first birthday

An infant’s shoes are held up at a march of 300 people from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs on Mespil Road to Government Buildings to protest about the death of babies at the Tuam mother-and-baby home.
General Register Office records show 796 children died at an average age of 7.7 months
Jun 18, 2014
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/79-of-babies-who-died-in-tuam-home-didn-t-reach-first-birthday-1.1836023

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County homes took harsh toll on ‘unmarried mothers’

Candles are lit during a march from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Mespil Road to the Dáil, in solidarity with the babies and mothers from Tuam and all other homes.
Hard unpaid labour was part of the price mothers paid for basic shelter for themselves and their babies
Jun 18, 2014
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/county-homes-took-harsh-toll-on-unmarried-mothers-1.1835973

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The Real Scandal Behind the Tuam Home for Unwed Mothers

While the media rushed to exaggeration, misinformation, and fabrication, the real societal ills behind the deaths of 800 Irish children were largely overlooked.
June 24, 2014
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/3208/The_Real_Scandal_Behind_the_Tuam_Home_for_Unwed_Mothers.aspx [with comments]

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The horror of Tuam's missing babies is not diminished by misreported details

Some commentators believe the popular outrage around the Tuam story is fake, but they are wrong.
Tuam's mothers and the unhappily pregnant today are not unconnected. It is time for Ireland to liberalise its abortion laws
4 July 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/05/horror-tuam-missing-babies-not-diminished [with comments]

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Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Secours_Mother_and_Baby_Home


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DC Entertainment Reverses Superman Ban On Memorial For Abused Boy

In Remembrance of Little Jeffrey Baldwin

07/08/2014
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Jeffrey was a happy and healthy child [ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/mom-of-starved-boy-says-grandmother-needed-custody-of-kids-as-a-source-of-income/article14737871/ ] before he, and his three siblings, were sent to live with their maternal grandparents, according to The Canadian Press. Jeffrey’s mother, Yvonne Kidman, said during the inquest that her mother, Elva Bottineau, only wanted custody of the kids because she lived in social housing and without them she could lose her house.
Jeffrey weighed just 21 pounds[, one pound less than he did on his first birthday ( http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/chronology-of-jeffrey-baldwin-starvation-case-1.1686027 ),] when he died [just shy of his sixth birthday].
He and his sister were locked in a cold room with little furniture for long periods of time, and weren’t allowed to use the bathroom because they drank from the toilet. They urinated and defecated in their bedroom and were then forced to mop it up, according to The Canadian Press.
Jeffrey could barely walk or lift his own head at the end of his life.
His sister likely survived because she was allowed to go to school where she had access to a daily snack, the news outlet reported.
The Catholic Children's Aid Society didn’t investigate the grandparents’ background [ http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/jeffrey-baldwin-inquest-jury-makes-103-recommendations-1.1686023 ] before sending the kids to live with them. Elva Bottineau and her husband, Norman Kidman, had both previously been convicted of abusing children in the past, according to The Canadian Press.
"[The statue] will allow children to play with Jeffrey [ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jeffrey-baldwin-memorial ], a neglected, abused child that was prevented from having any friends to play with himself during his short life," Boyce wrote. "Jeffrey was a vulnerable little boy who deserved so much more than what he got."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/jeffrey-baldwin-superman-logo_n_5567742.html [with comments]

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Statement from the Catholic Children's Aid Society on Jeffrey Baldwin inquiry

February 14, 2014
http://www.ctvnews.ca/statement-from-the-catholic-children-s-aid-society-on-jeffrey-baldwin-inquiry-1.1686816 [with comment]


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