the beginning for my family

Iv had this blog set up for months but never got round to doing anything with it. Iv such a massive wealth of information regarding the child care system, that its about time i put it all in print, all together. My story starts with my mother. My mothers mother died when my mother was 2 there were 2 older brothers, an elder sister and a baby sister of 6 months of age, when their mother died the court decided my grandfather wasn't fit to look after his children so they were removed the girls to st Josephs convent (industrial school), The brothers were sent to the christian brothers.
Within days we are told the baby died but what i no now about the nuns and forced adoption i don't think this is the case.
 My grandfather got my mother and sister out when mother was 12 aunt was 14 and brought them to England literally saved them from a lifetime in the Magdalene laundries.
The boys followed but the family was never reunited all of the children had suffered horrifically at the hands of the religious nuts who were paid to care for them.
 My mother was broken beyond repair and really shouldn't have had children. She told us all the evil things the nuns had done to her repeatedly as children.
 My brother and I feel like we lived the horror too. It was normal to us so we assumed everybody knew and we were told constantly not to feel sorry for ourselves as our mothers family had suffered so bad. This in later life had unfortunate consequences for me and i accepted abuse with out ever complaining as i thought well it could be worse. The links im sharing here are not my family's story but similar horrific stories of the child care system run by the catholic church.


The nuns .........

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25929866

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_scandal_in_Ireland

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/20/irish-catholic-schools-child-abuse-claims 


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/nuns-abused-hundreds-of-children-1171988.html 




http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/psychotic-nuns-ran-childrens-home-like-nazi-concentration-camp-abuse-inquiry-is-told-29959634.html 



http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/nuns-battered-boys-stupid-in-derry-childrens-home-victim-tells-child-abuse-inquiry-29912351.html


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nuns-admit-sexual-abuse-children-3574925


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sisters-nazareth-inquiry-children-catholic-3067015


http://metro.co.uk/2014/09/11/forced-to-sleep-next-to-a-dead-nun-inquiry-hears-of-horrific-abuse-suffered-by-children-in-jersey-care-home-4865150/


The christian brothers my poor uncles nightmare ........

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/christian-brothers-make-their-deathbed-confession-1268168.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/28/child-abuse-west-australian-victims-of-christian-brothers-to-tell-their-stories

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_scandal_in_the_Congregation_of_Christian_Brothers

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/thousands-raped-in-irelands-christian-brothers-schools-28522897.html

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/christian-brother-jailed-for-sexually-abusing-boys-290739.html

The magdelene laundries that my mother and sister narrowly missed ...............

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_laundries_in_Ireland

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sidonie-sawyer/-the-true-scandal-of-the-_b_4509415.html

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/magdalene-laundries-survivor-elizabeth-coppin-2802968

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9844412/The-forgotten-women-of-Irelands-Magdalene-Laundries.html

http://www.magdalenelaundries.com/

My mother received redress from the irish government 2012.
 35 thousand pounds she got and that took 60 years. She was made to sign a contract agreeing to never tell her story to receive the money. The solicitors walked away with millions although they didn't suffer a second of what these children did