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[–] AttackBunny 134 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Which was recently proven true too. She was basically cancelled for being a good human and trying to call out some shitty things.

[–] RickRussell_CA 68 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Some of the abuse was well-known at the time. The mistreatment of women and children in Church-run Irish schools and workhouses throughout the 19th and 20th centuries was increasingly well documented by the 1990s. Mass graves were discovered in the 1970s, although in the 1990s the church was still publicly denying any responsibility. Hence Ms. O'Connor's protest.

I don't know what Ms. O'Connor knew about the ongoing abuse of children by priests and the church coverup efforts. But I'm sure she wasn't surprised, as she was well-acquainted with the Church's perfidy.

[–] AttackBunny 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Iirc she was put into a catholic asylum type place when she was a teenager, and treated terribly. Presumably it’s where she saw up close and personal what the church was really doing.

It’s been a long time, but in the 80s, I recall the Catholic Church being known to be exactly what we know it’s to be now, but not in the same way. It wasn’t as widely accepted. As much as I despise this statement, it was also a VERY different time.

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