Ireland considers inquiry into children's mass grave at ex-church home

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Ireland considers inquiry into children's mass grave at ex-church home

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ireland-considers-inquiry-childrens-mass-grave-ex-church-154058590.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T5xDWldQ.RaA2nEERB7gGw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-06-04T175738Z_484858124_GF2EA641CM201_RTRMADP_3_IRELAND.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The entrance to the site of a mass grave of hundreds of children who died in the former Bons Secours home for unmarried mothers is seen in Tuam, County Galway" align="left" title="The entrance to the site of a mass grave of hundreds of children who died in the former Bons Secours home for unmarried mothers is seen in Tuam, County Galway" border="0" /></a>Ireland is considering an inquiry into what the government called a &quot;deeply disturbing&quot; discovery of an unmarked graveyard at a former home run by the Roman Catholic Church where almost 800 children died between 1925 and 1961. Ireland's once powerful Catholic Church has been rocked by a series of scandals over the abuse and neglect of children, and the government is concerned that research carried out by a local historian in county Galway has revealed another dark chapter. The graveyard was discovered in the former grounds of one of Ireland's &quot;mother-and-baby homes&quot; run by the Bon Secours order of nuns. Researcher Catherine Corless said public records show that almost 800 children died at the home before it was closed just over 50 years ago.</p><br clear="all"/>

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