Catholic Church Explains The Bodies Of Nearly 800 Children Found ‘In Septic Tank’ Behind A Former ‘Mother And Baby Home’

Inquisitr reported Tuesday about the discovery of nearly 800 bodies found “in a septic tank” on the property of a former Catholic “mother and baby home.” According to Waterford Whispers News, the Tuam home, which was a workhouse for unwed mothers and their babies, was facilitated by the Catholic Church’s Sisters of Bon Secours. Known by locals as “The Home,” it operated between the years 1925 and 1961. Records kept by the Sisters of Bon Secours reportedly noted deaths of 796 children aged from two-days-old to nine-years-old. The diocese explained that the records of the nearly 800 children that died were all turned over long ago to the government, and are not longer accessible to the Catholic Church, Irish Times reported.


“The bones are still there,” local historian and discoverer of the nearly 800 babies’ remains Catherine Corless told The Washington Post in a phone interview. “The children who died in the Home, this was them.” The records kept by the Catholic nuns said causes of death included TB, undernourishment, pneumonia, and causes indicating neglect. The public is outraged, and demands answers.



The Catholic Church, which has also recently had to deal with backlash from the child sex scandal, has responded to the discovery claiming it is not a discovery at all, according toWW News. The church claims the mass grave was only a temporary burial site. “There’s a lot of speculation as to what went on in The Home following these recent revelations,” Monsignor Sean Green, spokesperson for the Irish branch of the Catholic Church “Scandal Containment Unit,” explained:
“People seem to believe that because these children were born to unmarried mothers the church at the time considered them sinful and unworthy of a decent Catholic burial, so basically threw their little remains into the nearest hole they could find. But trust me, that wasn’t the case; I assure you, those bodies are just resting in that mass grave. Cover up the mistreatment of children? Not at all. We’ve always planned to exhume them and bury them properly, and we’re going to get right on it really soon.”
“It was a different time, so arguments and the like create a false dichotomy,” local 24-year-old Sean Cullen shared. Cullen said he told as a child to avoid to walking home by the priest’s house when he was little. “Ha yeah, that’s weird isn’t it? Because obviously my parents didn’t know the priest raped children or else they would have done something about it.” Dichotomy is still a major concern for the Catholic Church now. During the era when the home was in operation, the Catholic Church ran most of Ireland’s social service programs.
Sgt. Brian Whelan, of Ireland’s national police, told CNN that police are not investigating the 800 bodies found in a mass grave outside the Catholic women’s home, but he did say that the bodies were not found in a septic tank, but in a mass graveyard on the grounds.
Still, according to The Telegraph, Children’s Minister Charlie Flanagan said on Wednesday in a statement, “Many of the revelations are deeply disturbing and a shocking reminder of a darker past in Ireland when our children were not cherished as they should have been.” Members of parliament have called for an immediate investigation into the 800 bodies found in a mass grave at the abandoned Catholic facility for unwed mothers. A petition has been started imploring the Irish Prime Minister for Justice and Equality to launch a full investigation into the mass grave containing nearly 800 children or babies in the backyard of the Catholic children’s home in Tuam, Co Galway.