'It was a bad thing. The people who did it should be punished, but they are now dead or in retirement homes. To my mind, it appears that you and Musket at very good at the same moralistic judgmentalism you accuse the Catholic Church of'


Speaking for myself here I think I am most outraged by the fact the first priest to be seen commenting on it was sweeping the whole thing under the carpet. Nothing to see here, old stuff, move on please. It wasn't considered wrong in those days. Letting babies die and stick them quietly in a septic tank? Not considered wrong? Really?

The church should have at least the decency to acknowledge what has happened and maybe give an apology to the surviving parent of these children. Along with an assurance nothing like it will happen again.
That would be the decent thing. Acknowledge the sins and repent what has happened. But there's nothing of the sort. The Bon Secours order promised 'a small financial contribution' towards the erection of a memorial. And that's it. And there lies the outrage.