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21 September 2014

Women who have lost their way

"A Magdalene Laundry survivor speaks out," reminds us that Magdalene Laundries were not only in Ireland but replicated all over the world.
Was the Irish State's recent apology for their complicity with the church in the enslavement of young women for years inside the notorious Magdalene Laundries, (or workhouses for girls, many of which were run by Good Shepherd nuns) - and subsequent calls for restorative justice for survivors - the impetus for the Good Shepherd Sisters in Australia putting a new spin on the history they share with Irish nuns?

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=15148&page=0