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New Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin speaks on Bethany Home
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Thursday February 03, 2011 17:13 by Bethany Survivors - Bethany Survivors Group
Home where hundreds died and suffered neglect See previous stories on this issue: In 1945, Archbishop Jackson’s predecessor, Dr Barton, recommended Bethany as a place of detention to then Minister for Justice, Gerald Boland. As well as unmarried mothers and their children, Bethany was also a place of detention for women convicted of infanticide, Prostitution and petty theft. Pregnancy out of wedlock (as well as the children born in that state) was considered ‘illegitimate’ at that time. The Bethany Home had a Protestant evangelical ethos, one in which Church of Ireland clergy played a prominent part, on its managing Committee and in referring women to the home. ”It is well recognised that illegitimate children are delicate” The adviser, William Sterling Berry, then forced the home to stop admitting Roman Catholic women and children it was accused of attempting to proselytise – on the basis that that would make the controversy go away. He wanted a level sectarian playing field, under which are buried dead children in unmarked graves. The former Bethany residents are demanding access to the Irish state’s redress scheme, from which they are excluded. Another related group also excluded are the residents of Magdalene laundries. See website of Bethany pioneer Derek Leinster: http://www.derekleinster.com/ Also Justice for Magdalenes http://www.magdalenelaundries.com Further reading: Church and State and the Bethany Home – download PDF at http://gcd.academia.edu/NiallMeehan/Papers/277737/Churc..._Home “Protestants… were left as orphans” – download PDF at http://gcd.academia.edu/NiallMeehan/Papers/315286/_Prot...hans_
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