Bessborough maternity register lists child rape victims as young as 12

Children as young as 12, pregnant as a result of rape, were in Bessborough Mother and Baby Home into the 1980s

Bessborough maternity register lists child rape victims as young as 12

By Conall Ó Fátharta, Irish Examiner Reporter

Children as young as 12, pregnant as a result of rape, were in Bessborough Mother and Baby Home into the 1980s.

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