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A team of 18 archaeologists, anthropologists, and forensic scientists have begun excavating an old septic tank this week at the former St. Mary's Mother and Baby Home run by the Bon Secours Sisters in Tuam, County Galway, western Ireland, now the site of a housing development.
Over the next two years, according to The Irish Times, an excavating machine will go through the site in search of remains for 796 children allegedly buried, in the words of the Bon Secours Sisters “in a disrespectful and unacceptable way” between 1925 and 1960.
The Bon Secours Sisters have released a statement apologizing for the treatment of the deceased babies, and their mothers during that time.
The goal of the excavation is to find, analyze, identify, and provide a decent burial for the children's remains — many of them newborns.
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Over the next two years, according to The Irish Times, an excavating machine will go through the site in search of remains for 796 children allegedly buried, in the words of the Bon Secours Sisters “in a disrespectful and unacceptable way” between 1925 and 1960.
The Bon Secours Sisters have released a statement apologizing for the treatment of the deceased babies, and their mothers during that time.
The goal of the excavation is to find, analyze, identify, and provide a decent burial for the children's remains — many of them newborns.
Continued below.
Search begins in Ireland for remains of over 700 children
A team of archaeologists, anthropologists, and forensic scientists have begun excavating an old septic tank this week at the former St. Mary's Mother and Baby Home run by the Bon Secours Sisters
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