My wifes parents and their families had first hand experience of unwanted attention from the catholic church here in the 1930-40's .
I was told some of it , and found some more out myself , but knew that there was much much more just under the surface .
Even now there are areas that when speaking to the remaining cousins and family they fall silent and avoid .
I too seen the injustice and crass piety of the catholic church in my first marriage . A sil who bore a child to her priest and the almost comical events that followed eventually resulting in the father ( excuse the pun ) being spirited away to some penal reindocrination school rather than being kicked out .
He may still be waving his rod , sorry , staff .
The mother was a qualified accountant and ended up a partner in an Edinburgh based firm who spookily did a lot of work for , wait for it , the catholic church.
Over here amongst the many many revolting and proven events I think this is the most repugnant of them all .
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/order-nuns-dumped-up-800-9979348Artifice , brutality and innocence .
Sort of sums it up.