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  • An Irish church in ruins
    Ground Zero
    / Ireland and the Church Abuse Crisis

    Indeed, the abuse crisis hit Ireland like a bomb. Investigations uncovered widespread sexual and physical abuse of children in Irish schools, orphanages, and reformatories run by religious orders. Stories emerged of the thousands of girls and women who had been enslaved in the country’s Magdalene laundries throughout…

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    Indeed, the abuse crisis hit Ireland like a bomb. Investigations uncovered widespread sexual and physical abuse of children in Irish schools, orphanages, and reformatories run by religious orders. Stories emerged of the thousands of girls and women who had been enslaved in the country’s Magdalene laundries throughout…

    Read More