by Corneilius Crowley
Dandelion Salad
blog post, November 26, 2009
http://www.corneilius.net/
Published previously: The Irish Times – Sat, Nov 28, 2009
2 Jan. 2010
Another report from the slow snail of Justice and Governance in Ireland regarding the vast swathe of crimes against children perpetrated by the people within the Institutions set up by State and Church for the ‘care’ of children has just been published. The BBC reported this here.
I left a comment which formed the basis for this piece.
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Madam, –
I spent my childhood in Irish Catholic Boarding Schools, from age five and a half to seventeen, and as a ward of court, was in custody of my relatives. Who were less than empathetic. Let it be know that abuse occurred in peoples homes too, and that much of that activity has been covered up. Thus as a child there was no-one for me to turn to talk to about my experiences.