Getting a clearer picture of the Magdalene Laundries

Getting a clearer picture of the Magdalene Laundries A nun and her charges are depicted in a scene from the movie The Magdalene Sisters, a docudrama on incidents that took place at Magdalene Laundries, homes run by Catholic nuns for wayward girls in Ireland in the mid-1900s. Photo: OSV News / Miramax Films

Movies, documentaries and books can leave an indelible impression on the mind. When they deal with historical subjects, and especially when they deliberately play on the emotions of their audiences, they can give people a highly distorted view of the subject under examination. For example, if you went along to see the movie Small Things…

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