UN seeks Vatican probe of Magdalene laundries abuse
In a scathing section of its report on the Vatican’s response to abuse, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child said the Church has not taken the necessary steps and measures to “ensure justice for girls arbitrarily placed by their families, State institutions and churches in the Magdalene laundries”.
The UN watchdog stated that women were “forced to work in slavery-like conditions” and were often subject to “inhuman, cruel, and degrading treatment” as well as to physical and sexual abuse.
