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Goretti Horgan

Mother and Baby Home ‘Whitewash’ Compounds Victims’ Torture

January 22, 2021 by Rosita Sweetman

 Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. Blase Pascal While researching my new book Feminism Backwards (Mercier Press, Cork, 2020) long held worries about the role of the Catholic Church in Ireland, particularly its role in relation to women, really snapped into focus for me. At … Read more

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