Magdalene Laundry, Sth Australia, One woman's account

About being in one of the Magdalene laundries (Good Shepherd Convent) South Australia, Forced Labor, Excerpt from In the Shadow of Eden by Rachael Romero, 2005 edit. Available from Docurama, on Full Frame Documentary Shorts Collection: Vol. 4 DVD

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[USCol]

um, this is cut off at the end.

[rabyaashki]

Sorry about that, this is an excerpt of a 22 minute movie.

[rabyaashki]

Now you can see the whole doc

[rabyaashki]

"...one hundred and ten convents had been founded.. in France, Belgium, Holland, Rome, Italy, Germany, Austria, England, Scotland, Ireland. Asia, Africa, the United States and Chili. Under her successor, Mother Mary St. Peter Coudenhove, in twenty-four years, eighty-five houses were founded, and thirteen new provinces established, making eleven in Europe, two in Africa, nine in North America, five in South America and one in the Oceania."Catholic Encyclopedia

[willibaldvongluck1]

The wholesale and systematic abuse of young people in instiutions run by those who think they are above the law and god is unbelievable. I come from Ireland where this abuse is - almost legendary. Take a newly emerging republic (1920s) a people virtually cut off from the rest of the world in awe of organised religion still seething in hatred of Britain and you had a perfect breeding ground for institutional abuse. The eyes of the world are on Ireland and how she intends to resolve this scandal.

[saorscott]

from ireland to australia these evil bastards destroying young lifes because of there vile lustings

may satan take your soul for eternal evil torment

[lindapittsburgh]

Real HELL

[lmollot]

@willibaldvongluck1 ALL RELIGIOUS MONKS SEX/BATTER CHILDREN OF MOTHERS/GRANDMOTHERS-BAN RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS-

look up tibetan monks sex/battering of tiny boys servants in their temples- DALAI LAMA has SILENCED the victims- ask WHY the male whorehouses of malaysia/phillipines are called "PEG HOUSES"-all for MONEY profits of capitalists insane greed- solution see vid" matriarchy clans protect mothers & youth-"white mans EDUCATION teachers?let grandmothers groups as teachers-matriarchy society

[paisleyyama]

@ModraMagic I don`t think the pope has apologized for anything. He contributed to covering it up.

[ModraMagic]

The Church has caused so much MISERY. The Pope continues too say sorry for this.

[vettemuziekjes]

@rabyaashki basicly your saying the evil spread wherever there catholics invaded

with their bloody conquest to steal wealth and make anybody into their personal slavelabourers. yea, how did the catholic church rose to power huh ?

by murdering, stealing, raping, torturing, slave trading and anything else evil i suppose. it;s just sickening to me that their still not totally outlawed to begin with.

[dresdon1]

Hi, Iwas in the Home Of The Good Shepherd Convent ( The Pines), Plympton South australia in 1954, we had totake saints names and worked in the laundry, I was there for nearly 2 yearsfrom the age of 14