Irish Government orders limited inquiry into abuse at Magdalene Laundries

The Hierarchy and each Order of Nuns, who ran the Laundries, benefitted immensely, off of the SLAVE Labor of the Magdalenes. For any kind of justice to exist all Convent lands should be sold and the moneys given to the Magdalenes and their descendants. The Archdioceses, who received remuneration from the government for each Magdalene that they brought into the laundries, should need to pay as well, until they BLEED GREEN like tomato worms! The Catholic Church always profited from slave labor, whether it was five centuries ago by helping the Spanish Conquistadors enslave indigenous Indians in the Americas or in the 1900's, in the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. Justice demands compensation, but in most cases where the Roman Catholic Church is concerned, it'll most often "be too little, too late!" What I find most unfortunate is that this institutional horror was exported to Australia and New Zealand. Thankfully, they couldn't have gotten away with this in the States.

@Porickseantuny. Sorry, you're dead wrong. The Church did financially benefit, as monies collected from the commercial laundering and sewing done in all 10 Laundries (recognized in the Free State post-1922) was filtered up through the Church heirarchy. And they weren't "hospitals". I suggest a read of James Smith's 'Ireland's Magdalene Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment,' which is thoroughly researched and accurate. That way you won't spout ignorant comments. @oldboreen: you're on the money (padron the pun). Irish society colluded as much as the State and conveniently 'subcontracted' the work of incarcerating anyone who didn't mean the Irish standard of "pure holiness" (or financial status) to the nuns. Not that the nuns didn't willfully (and at times brutally and gleefully) participate. We all have a lot to answer for.

Irish Government should be very ashamed if they just limit their probe into the Magdalenes situation. It was shamwfull for the Irish to be so run over by a greater power and now thye gov won't give them justice!!!!!!11

Magdalene laundries benefited hospitals hence the ill of Ireland. Forced servitude yes. But monetary benefit to the Church no.

The church did not benefit. Mostly the hospitals for whom the Magdalenes toiled benefited, hence the ill in Ireland. Forced servitude yes. Benefit to the Church negligible.

Let's get this straight before the enquiry gets underway.Yes the church will have a great deal to answer for-but so will Irish society in general. We all knew of the abuse but we chose to ignore it!! It is as much Ireland's shame as it the church's.

Now there is a glimmer of hope for these much maligned women. Thank God!

Who benefitted from this slave labor? The catholic church of course!

Who benefited from this slave labor?