Catholic Church Institutions: Magdalene Sisters Part 1

The Magdalene Sisters: Eye-awakening 2002 Film of despicable religious corruption


The Magdalene Sisters is a Peter Mullan 2002 film about teenage girls who were sent to Magdalene Asylums (aka 'Magdalen Laundries'): homes for women who were labeled as "fallen" by their families or society (though the film itself questions this). The homes were maintained by individual religious orders in the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland. Mullan remarked that the film was initially made because victims of Magdalene Asylums had received no closure in the form of recognition, compensation, or apology, and many remained lifelong devout Catholics. [2] Former Magdalen inmate Mary-Jo McDonagh told Mullan that the reality of the Magdalene Asylums was much worse than depicted in the film. [3] In May, 2009, an Irish government Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse released a 2000 page report detailing thousands of cases of often horrific abuse in many schools, although the scope of the investigation excluded the Magdalene Asylums.[4]


Throughout the film, each woman suffers unspeakable cruelty and violence from the fictional Mother Superior who is sadistic and almost inhuman at times. The film also criticizes the hypocrisy and corruption within the staff of the laundries, but it also intimates at the natures of the relationship between church and state in post-colonial Ireland. The Mother Superior relishes the money the business receives and it is suggested that little of it is distributed appropriately. In one scene, the women are forced to stand naked in a line after taking a communal shower. The nuns then hold a "contest" on who has the most pubic hair, biggest bottom, biggest breasts and more. The corruption of the resident priest is made very clear through his fornication with Crispina.

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[milkshakelulu]

I think the song at the beginning is quite catchy ... am I the only one?

LOL at how happy he gets with his instrument :D

[anna63rubio]

so her cousin rapes her and shes the one that gets punished??!! woww..

[raraory1]

whats hat picture on his drum?

[TheAngelsongband]

Why do you have the English subtitles, when the movie is in English? It spoils the film.

[ShitMovies2000]

No Surrender.

[drezuil]

The Catholic Church is well known for its horrors throughout centuries and no matter its evil acts to humanity, they have profit for immunity. Priests who have long molested innocent altar boys, nuns who have spanked innocent girls and still they pose as if they have an impeccable reputation.

[05giacomo]

catholic SS

[twiggy8a]

What happened at this time was horrible, unfair and how the women or girls were treated must have been so scary. However, what you have to remember is that this was what society was like at that time...

[kkkelseydolll]

i could never find this fucking movie!!

[mrangry1960]

I hate the catholic church, its a semi fascist organization which fills people with guilt and oppresses them to maintain its position. My wife was a catholic, she was a bossy, indoctrinated pain in the arse

[margrant]

how can you say that you are a catholic after all those things...?if you believe in a God you have no excuse to be in a church,whatever church.