NEWS HEADLINES: 796 Babies’ Remains Found In Septic Tank * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Andi

This is absolutely horrifying.

Authorities in Ireland have begun excavating an old septic tank that they believe contains the remains of 796 infants.

According to historians, the babies died at a home that was run by nuns for unwed mothers.

The New York Post had more details to add to the terrifying story:

Excavation has begun on a septic tank at a site in Ireland that authorities believe contains the remains of nearly 800 dead babies and children who died at a home for unwed mothers run by Catholic nuns.

Many of the infant remains are feared to have been dumped in the cesspool known as “the pit” at the former institution in the small town of Tuam, County Galway, local historian Catherine Corless told Sky News.

In total, 798 children died at the home between 1925 and its closure in 1961, of which just two were buried in a nearby cemetery, Corless’ research found.

The other 796 children’s remains are believed to be under the site of the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, which was demolished in 1971 and is now surrounded by a modern apartment complex.

Bon Secours, known locally as The Home, was a maternity home for unmarried mothers and their children, run by a religious order of Catholic nuns.

Unmarried pregnant women would be sent to the home to give birth and would be interned for a year to do unpaid work.

They were separated from their newborn children, who would be raised by the nuns until they were adopted, often without the consent of their families.

Here are some photos of the excavation process:

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— New York Post (@nypost) June 17, 2025

Here the story from a local historian:

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796 dead babies found hidden in septic tank at unwed mothers’ home run by nuns.
THIS IS AWFUL TO DO THIS TO HUMAN BEINGS.😳

Now, finally, more than a decade on, a team of investigators began their forensic investigation this week.
It is expected to take up to two years to… pic.twitter.com/a5iBxBri9m

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Fox 10 Phoenix provided a backstory:

The long-awaited excavation at the former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway in western Ireland, is part of a reckoning in an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country with a history of abuses in church-run institutions.

The home, which was run by an order of Catholic nuns and closed in 1961, was one of many such institutions that housed tens of thousands of orphans and unmarried pregnant women who were forced to give up their children throughout much of the 20th century.

In 2014, historian Catherine Corless tracked down death certificates for nearly 800 children who died at the home in Tuam between the 1920s and 1961 — but could only find a burial record for one child.

Investigators later found a mass grave containing the remains of babies and young children in an underground sewage structure on the grounds of the home. DNA analysis found that the ages of the dead ranged from 35 weeks gestation to 3 years.

A major inquiry into the mother-and-baby homes found that in total, about 9,000 children died in 18 different mother-and-baby homes, with major causes including respiratory infections and gastroenteritis, otherwise known as the stomach flu.

The sisters who ran the Tuam home had offered a “profound apology” and acknowledged that they had failed to “protect the inherent dignity” of women and children housed there.

“It’s a very, very difficult, harrowing story and situation. We have to wait to see what unfolds now as a result of the excavation,” Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Monday.