Grim Excavation Begins at Site Believed to Contain Remains of Around 800 Babies: 'Very Difficult, Harrowing'

Sophia Compton : Jun 18, 2025
Fox News

[FoxNews.com] Irish officials have begun excavating the grounds of a former home for unwed mothers which authorities say contains the remains of around 800 babies and young children who died there. "It's a very, very difficult, harrowing story and situation," Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Monday. "We have to wait to see what unfolds now as a result of the excavation." The former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in western Ireland—which closed in 1961 and was run by Catholic nuns—was one of many mother-and-baby homes during the 20th century in the European country... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Image: Pixabay-edited)