Child abuse by the Irish Roman Catholic Church

When men and women believe they have authority from God they can become corrupted by power to a frightening extent. The Roman Catholic Priests, monks and nuns who ran Irish children’s homes from the 1930’s to the 1990’s are an example of this. Marked for blame were the “Christian Brothers” and the “Sisters of Mercy”. Neither order showed signs of brotherly love, sisterly love or any mercy. Some children were put into the sadistic care of those orders because they were considered delinquent but others simply were not properly looked after. Then the religious orders continued to look after the children badly.

The secular authorities didn’t inspect those children’s homes properly either.

In some of these Christian institutions children were forced to work unpaid as virtual slaves hired out to farmers who paid the orders that provided the children while the children didn’t get paid. An added sadistic touch which may well have given sick enjoyment to those who controlled the children was that they had to make the instruments of torture that were used on them. And children were known by numbers instead of by their names.

References and External links

 * Sexual abuse was 'endemic' in Catholic run Irish boys' homes
 * Report: 'Daily terror' in children's homes