Shocking Discovery: Nearly 800 Infant Bodies Feared Hidden in Septic Tank at Catholic Home for Unwed Mothers
Campaigners have welcomed the news and hope it will bring closure to families
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Women were sent to Bon Secours if they became pregnant outside of marriage, and they were required to live there to take part in unpaid labor.
After giving birth, they were separated from their children – who were often put up for adoption without their consent and raised by the nuns.
Family members of those believed to be buried in the tank hope the excavation will bring them closure, and a dignified burial for their loved ones.
Annette McKay, whose sister is believed to be buried at the home, hopes she will be able to give her a dignified burial to honor her memory.
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“I don’t care if it’s a thimbleful, as they tell me there wouldn’t be much remains left; at six months old, it’s mainly cartilage more than bone,” she told Sky News.
“I don’t care if it’s a thimbleful for me to be able to pop Mary Margaret with Maggie [her mother]. That’s fitting.”
McKay told of how her mother Margaret “Maggie” O’Connor was sent to Bon Secours after being s*xually assaulted at 17.
She gave birth to a little girl called Mary Margaret, who sadly lost her life six months later, and was informed of her passing when “a nun came up behind her and said ‘the child of your sin is d*ad’.”
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“We locked up victims of r*pe, we locked up victims of incest, we locked up victims of violence, we put them in laundries, we took their children, and we just handed them over to the Church to do what they wanted,” McKay said.
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