Irish Church Abuse

The Magdalene Story is the story of thousands of Ireland's women... judged "sinners" by the cruel Church-driven society of the 1800's through present day. Their crime? Bearing children out of wedlock... leaving abusive husbands or home situations. The punishment? A lifetime of "penitence" spent in the service of the Sisters of Charity, Mercy, Good Shepherd or other orders, performing domestic chores... harsh, thankless chores such as laundering prison uniforms, cooking, cleaning and caring for elderly nuns or their aging peers, still trapped behind the walls of Ireland's numerous convent laundries, industrial schools and the like.