Comments on: Film Review: “The Magdalene Sisters”

By: SUE

SUE — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:54:36 +0000

THE CHURCH SHOULD BE MADE TO PAY BACK ALL THE MONEY MADE FROM THE MAGDELENE LAUNDRY ALSO ALL NUNS INVOLVED INT THIS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE HOW COULD ANY NUN LET THIS HAPPEND ALSO HOW COULD ANY NUN HIT A CHILD

By: K

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:32:40 +0000

Yes these places existed outside of Ireland. No this doesnâ€™t happen â€œunder church ruleâ€. I don’t think it has to do with church and state being intertwined at all! I think it is ignorant to blame these situations on a government or a churchâ€¦.we as a people allow this stuff to happen and until ALL of us are willing to get off our butts and do something about it will happen again and again big or small because we the people are too busy looking the other way in our own busy little lives. People are always looking for a â€œcheap or easyâ€ way out of an uncomfortable situation and we as a whole have become a throw away society. This stuffs happens today under our noses in prisons in â€œreformâ€ schools in all the great places we send people that we donâ€™t want to deal with anymore.

By: Brandi

Brandi — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:15:26 +0000

I have a family member that grew up Catholic and was raped and became pregnant in the 1930’s. She wasn’t sent to anywhere in particular because her family shut the doors on her. As a result, she had to fend for herself. Meanwhile, the man who raped her, her brother-in-law, did not seem to have the same struggles as she did. I wonder if these actions were more society driven than Church driven. As a Protestant, it does make me wonder how the family/Church could just turn their back on this person. She had many emotional struggles until her death and I am almost certain that these struggles were a direct effect of her treatment by her family and the Church.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 16:21:44 +0000

I think it is/was common in Catholic countries to send girls to Nunneries or convents when they were made pregnant out of wedlock or raped. I don’t know that there were laundries outside of Ireland. These laundries were basically what one would have to call prisons fr women who had committed sins of the flesh. That seems to me an institution peculiar to Ireland, but I could be wrong. However, I think it’s a fair warning of what could happen in this country under Church rule. The last of these laundries closed down only in 1998! That is an amazing fact, to me! Even if the last one had closed down in 1970, that is still too close to our own time period for my comfort.

By: Brandi

Brandi — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 22:49:28 +0000

I have not seen this movie yet, but will keep my eye out for it. It sounds very thought provoking and I would be interested in learning more about the history of these laundries. To your knowledge, did these type of prisons exist outside of Ireland as well?