Excavation of an unmarked mass burial site in Tuam, Ireland marks the start of a two-year investigation involving forensic archaeologists and crime scene experts from several countries. Approximately 802 infants and toddlers were buried at a church-run home with a staggering mortality rate of 15 percent among children. The probe follows a decade after evidence was uncovered by Catherine Corless, leading to a government commission. Experts will excavate, analyze, identify, and potentially reinter the remains, acknowledging the children's lack of rights in life and dignity in death.
The digging of the site on Monday marked the beginning of a two-year investigation planned by Irish and foreign forensic archaeologists and crime scene experts in the western city of Tuam.
The commission found that the remains of 802 children from newborns to three-year-olds were buried in Tuam from 1925 to 1961 as it discovered an appalling mortality rate of about 15 percent among children born at all of the so-called Mother and Baby Homes.
Director Daniel MacSweeney said the excavation will involve exhumation, analysis, identification if possible, and reinterment of the remains found.
These children were denied every human right in their lifetime as were their mothers... And they were denied dignity and respect in death.
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