About this episode
This episode discusses the history of Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, where the Catholic church falsely claimed to rehabilitate women while subjecting them to forced labor and abuse.
HISTORY In 18th through the 20th century, the Catholic church in Ireland took what they called fallen women and claimed they were rehabilitating them. In reality, they were just kidnapping woman and putting them in forced labor camps, where the they were abused and treated as slaves. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters
Topics covered
- Magdalene Laundries
- forced labor
- abuse
- Catholic church
- Ireland
- history
Keywords
- Magdalene Laundries
- Catholic church
- Ireland
- forced labor
- abuse
- history
- fallen women
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Catholic church
Places: Ireland
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