Duplessis orphans
November 21st, 2017 at 9:53:35 AM
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplessis_Orphans
Just learned about them watching a movie
Horrible part of Canadian history
Basically the Catholic church was put in charge of orphanages in the 1940s. Quebec recieved impoverished grants for orphanages from the central government
However very generous grants were given to mental institutions.
The Catholic church being run by their leader Duplessis came up with a brilliant idea. He reclassified all the orphanages in their care into mental institutions. 20k orphans had their medical records falsified to state they were mentally incompetent
The catholic church recieved millions in extra subsidies. However schooling for mentally deficient children was nonexistent. Normal children went denied schooling while being housed with real mental inmates.
They were also subjected to electro shock therapy drug therapy and experimental psycho and physical testing that was not needed
Rape and abuse was rampant. Many reported being beaten by the nuns as they were considered mentally deficient and had no rights
Anyway i was so shocked by what i just learned i had to post about it.
Just learned about them watching a movie
Horrible part of Canadian history
Basically the Catholic church was put in charge of orphanages in the 1940s. Quebec recieved impoverished grants for orphanages from the central government
However very generous grants were given to mental institutions.
The Catholic church being run by their leader Duplessis came up with a brilliant idea. He reclassified all the orphanages in their care into mental institutions. 20k orphans had their medical records falsified to state they were mentally incompetent
The catholic church recieved millions in extra subsidies. However schooling for mentally deficient children was nonexistent. Normal children went denied schooling while being housed with real mental inmates.
They were also subjected to electro shock therapy drug therapy and experimental psycho and physical testing that was not needed
Rape and abuse was rampant. Many reported being beaten by the nuns as they were considered mentally deficient and had no rights
Anyway i was so shocked by what i just learned i had to post about it.
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