Irish Report: Religious-run Homes "Significantly Reduced" Children's Survival

By Megan Specia
New York Times
January 12, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/world/europe/ireland-mother-baby-home-report.html

An Irish government investigation has found that death rates among "illegitimate" infants in southern Ireland's religious-run mother and baby homes during parts of the 1930s and 1940s were twice that of the national average.

The report, released Jan. 12, says the frequently Catholic-run homes "did not save the lives of 'illegitimate' children; in fact, they appear to have significantly reduced their prospects of survival."

The quasi-judicial probe also found that the proportion of unmarried mothers admitted to the homes during the last century was probably the highest in the world.