theknitter

theknitter

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Delve a little further into Mother Theresa's Religious Order and you'll find that here in Ireland they "managed" a Child Detention Centre . In 1943 a fire broke out under one of the dormitories and these nuns prevented the little children from leaving the dormitory in case the fire-fighters saw the children in their nightdresses. Instead the children were forced to kneel at their bedsides and recite the Rosary. 35 children died. In the subsequent i

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The Investigation Committee - REPORT INTO BALTIMORE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL " I have no time really to wait for three or four [or] five years for a finding . . . I only hope that somebody has the courage to take on board these things ." These words come from the transcript of a hearing of the Child Abuse Committee at which a former pupil of the Baltimore Fis

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THE STORY SO FAR ...... ONE .... Responsibility for the appalling cruelty suffered by inmates of orphanages, industrial schools & reformatories lies very squarely at the feet of the State and the religious orders paid to care for the children. Society here has, at last, started to open its eyes and its ears, ending the collective denial of a country of strict church control in which nearly 9,000 children were incarcerated by the courts in "in

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When Jesus wasn't walking around preaching didn't he ride a donkey ? ..... so whatever the equivalent to a donkey is, 2000 years or so down the line, is what Jesus would use. If he did use a Rolls Royce would he drive it ?..... I'd say he's have a chauffer [at least until he passed his driving test]..... maybe someone could suggest such a person fit to drive Jesus in a Rolls Royce.

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