Infant and Fetus Remains Are Found at Ex-Home for Unwed Mothers in Ireland<br />The commission that was established in 2015 to investigate allegations of abuse in the institutions, which are known in Ireland as mother<br />and baby homes, said its inquiry in Tuam focused on two structures on the grounds of St. Mary’s.<br />Corless said that The state never really accepted that it had accountability or responsibility<br />when it came to their own citizens, so it outsourced all of that to the church.<br />By SINEAD O’SHEAMARCH 3, 2017<br />DUBLIN — The local historian had been telling the authorities for years<br />that dead infants might have been buried in an old sewage system on the grounds of a former home for unmarried mothers and their children in the west of Ireland.<br />The director of Amnesty International Ireland, Colm O’Gorman, who himself experienced clerical abuse, said it was time for the government to "join the dots." "There is a direct line between the industrial schools, the mother<br />and baby homes and the abuse committed and covered up by priests," he said.<br />Ms. Corless added that it was important now that the investigation continued its work, and<br />that "it needs to go further inside." The commission’s announcement marked another development in a series of scandals involving church and state in Irish life.<br />" the agency said in a statement. that The commission is shocked by this discovery<br />and is continuing its investigation into who was responsible for the disposal of human remains in this way,
