Sinead O’Connor reveals her torment after she was sent to a Magdalene Laundry

If only the Vatican would sell off its teasures and the Pope would stop wearing Prada, maybe then we could use that money to assist all of the children that were exposed to this Dickensian horror.

Sinead is still singing and writing great songs,the last time i saw her she was wearing the priests black dress with a large crucifix,she is ordained a priest in a religious order outlawed by Rome,but she just thinks that the Roman church is is not true to its origins,i think most people just see her as a harmless troubled person who happens to write and sing great songs with soul and compassion.

she made a name for herself - crazy soul. eerie eire.

I am sorry that she had to endure that experience. I'm sorry for all who had to endure it.

It's hard to understand the logic of those who hate,despise or otherwise dilike sinead. sHe may have been a troubled child and a stint with the gestapo nuns would certainly dull the senses. Sinead for pope.

Wounded Knee, not everyone is like you!

I appreciate what Sinead has shared over the years. She confronted us with the picture of the Pope and made us come to grips with Priest-child RAPE. Many Catholics are still in denial about this aspect of our Church. If we had only grasped the Misogynist practices of the Church, we might have been able to grasp the other evil aspects of our Church.

Just for the record, this is not the first time O'Connor has revealed this. I've studied the Laundries for some time and it has been widely reported that O'Connor spent time there.

Sinead O'Connor is a deeply disturbed individual clever enough to seek redemption in the media easily facilitated by sycophants. Her allegations may or may not be true but their "revelation", like many, come at a time when no one is alive to refute them. What is revealing is that her parent paid for her stay, suggesting that she was very much out of control. This would all have more credibility had she brought it up when ripping up the Pope's photo. Both that act and this apologia are both mativated in economics...her's!

That Sinead has a multitude of personal struggles is rather obvious. For those who doubt her description of 18 months at a Magdalene Laundry perhaps the records will show that she neither lies no exaggerates regarding this experience. I hear her expressing concern and compassion for other girls present with her, not just criticizing the institution for herself. Fine! You don't like women with shaved heads, but try to get beyond that.

This article put Sinead in a different light, to me. I dislike girls who shave their heads, and tear up pictures of Pope John Paul II. Yet, this teenage experience quite likely set Sinead on her rebellious ways. As she entered Magdelene in 1980, the worst treatment there had already ended, mercifully. Yet, the indignities which Sinead did experience could have easily set her off on her negative path. Hopefully, that bitterness is behind her now.

leanne flynn: I think you should ask for your money back. That brain transplant didn't work!

I'd bet my tax rebate that Sinead is lying. This never happened. If it did, how come a woman who has been publicly talking about herself for decades never mentioned it before? Sinead does no service to those thousands of women who did truly suffer by attaching her flaky self to them.

Will that silly girl ever Grow Up

It's great that Sinead O'Connor feels she can now disclose her sad experiences at the Magdalene Laundries. The BBC did a documentary in 1996 that presents the stories of some of the women who were in the Magdalene Laundries. It's called "Sex in a Cold Climate" and it's available on Youtube.