Caroline Magee News Today

The secrets of mother-and-baby homes have been shattered by the brave testimonies of survivors.

A panel of experts commissioned is to announce the terms of an inquiry into institutions for unmarried mothers in Northern Ireland.

They shouldnt have been ashamed. caroline magee ending that report from our ireland correspondent chris page. an inquiry in france has found that more than 200,000 children mostly boys have been sexually abused by clergy in the french catholic church since 1950. the head of the inquiry said there were at least 3,200 abusers, and accused the church of showing a "cruel indifference towards the victims". a vatican statement said pope francis "felt pain" on hearing about the inquiry�*s finding. th...

Derry woman: ‘Life in the Good Shepherd laundry was like being in jail’ Reporter: );  ); A Derry woman who as a child spent years in a Good Shepherd convent has likened the church run institution to a prison. Caroline Magee was 11-years-old when her mother sent her to the Good Shepherd Home and Laundry on Dungiven Road. She remained there for a considerable period from 1975-1978. Describing that experience, she said: “It was like being in jail.  When you went in the doors were closed a...