Having watched the programme last night about the extremely horrific procedure that was carried out up until the early 80s on pregnant Irish women I got to thinking about the recent history of this country.
This procedure seemed to be getting practiced only in Ireland and Third World countries, and women seemed to be getting used as guinea pigs to train young surgeons.
Add this to the entire mess that is clerical child abuse, be it sexual or physical, and it shows that for some reason there is a history of very sick people who like to inflict pain and suffering on those who could not defend themselves. Its a dark past and doesn't show many of us to be a very Christian people.
The fact that the Church is involved in so much of it is even more sad, as they had involvement in the hospitals too.
This procedure seemed to be getting practiced only in Ireland and Third World countries, and women seemed to be getting used as guinea pigs to train young surgeons.
Add this to the entire mess that is clerical child abuse, be it sexual or physical, and it shows that for some reason there is a history of very sick people who like to inflict pain and suffering on those who could not defend themselves. Its a dark past and doesn't show many of us to be a very Christian people.
The fact that the Church is involved in so much of it is even more sad, as they had involvement in the hospitals too.