IRELAND
Huffington Post
In a disturbing discovery revealed this week, nearly 800 children were found in a mass grave near a former home for unwed mothers and their children.
The children are believed to have been buried in a septic tank on the grounds of the home in Tuam, Ireland, between 1925 and 1961, BBC News reports. Many appear to have perished from infectious diseases or malnutrition.
The gruesome discovery was made by two boys who stumbled across the unmarked grave when they were playing near the site of St. Mary’s Mother and Baby Home, which has since been converted into a housing estate.
Now, officials in Ireland are scrambling to determine how to proceed. While leaders in the Catholic Church are meeting to discuss plans for a memorial for the 796 children, Ciaran Cannon, minister of state in Ireland’s Department of Education, is calling for an inquiry into the mass grave.
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