It is wrong for society to demonise our nuns

Dear Editor, Many are jumping on the bandwagon of condemnation of nuns for the alleged scandals of Mother and Child Homes from the comfortable Irish society of 2014.

Ireland in 1925 and for many subsequent years was more akin to a third world country, a very impoverished State still suffering from a devastating civil war. A grateful cash-strapped government was happy to have a corps of willing Irishwomen called nuns willing to work for free, taking over the dreaded workhouses and doing the ‘dirty work’ of the nation.

Yours etc.

Fr Con McGillicuddy

Raheny,

Dublin 5.