アイルランド、マグダレン修道院での著しい人権侵害に政府が関わっていたと認められた。

The inquiry committee, chaired by Senator Martin McAleese who has since resigned from politics, identified five areas where there was direct state involvement in the detention of women in laundries run by nuns.

They were detained by courts, gardaí, transferred by industrial or reform schools, rejected by foster families, orphaned, abused children, mentally or physically disabled, homeless teenagers or simply poor.
Magdalene survivors want ‘proper apology’ – UTV Live News

The Good Shepherd Sisters, which ran workhouses in Limerick, Cork, Waterford and New Ross, said: “We were part of the system and the culture of the time.

“We acted in good faith providing a refuge and we sincerely regret that women could have experienced hurt and hardship during their time with us,” the order said.

“It saddens us deeply to hear that time spent with us, often as part of a wider difficult experience, has had such a traumatic impact on the lives of these women.”
Magdalene Laundries Report | The Irish Times

【ダブリンＡＦＰ＝時事】カトリックの国アイルランドで１９２２～９６年、１万人以上の女性が奴隷労働をさせられていた「マグダレン修道院事件」について、調査委員会が収容者の４分の１以上は国家の手で送り込まれていたと結論付けた。これを受けケニー首相は５日、議会で謝罪した。
……結果、福祉事務所や学校、司法機関が修道院送りに介在していたことが判明。ケニー首相も「さまざまな経緯で女性たちは収容されたが、うち２６％は国家が関与する形でマグダレン修道院に送られていた」と認めた。（2013/02/08-05:43）
時事ドットコム：アイルランド首相、被害女性に謝罪＝奴隷労働施設送りに国家関与

あれらの施設は「修道院」じゃないですよー。
女性たちは、宗教的な修練のためにそこにいたわけじゃないですよー。
行き場のない孤児や、学習障害の子、身体的に大人になってから「未婚の母」になった女性が、ぶちこまれたんですよー。

Taoiseach Enda Kenny expressed his sympathies with survivors and the families of those who have died.

He apologised for the stigma and conditions the women experienced.

“To those residents who went into the Magdalene laundries from a variety of ways, 26% from state involvement, I’m sorry for those people that they lived in that kind of environment,” he said on Tuesday.

But survivors say they want a full state apology and compensation.
Magdalene survivors want ‘proper apology’ – UTV Live News