Catholic Church.

I had never heard of it and because of it many mothers and babies died before being churched and were then in 'hell' and not buried with the Christians.

I was expected to do this after my first baby , I just said no, thought it was ridiculous, everyone agreed with me , even the older ladies
I am appalled about the Mother and Baby homes , and saddened that it wasn’t just the Catholic Homes that this went on , these people were anything but Christian ! Even worse , lots of other people knew what went on and did nothing

Just out of interest my mum told me that when she had her first child (early fifties) her MIL insisted on her going to be churched afterwards. They were both CofE. She wasn't very happy with the idea but went along with it to keep the peace. This was in London.

There were a lot of changes in the 1970's and this was discontinued then I believe. Peculiar to the Roman Catholic Church, unheard of in CofE. The wrenching of babies from their unmarried mothers that went on was horrific, I am sure we all remember the film 'Philomena'.

It is strange the ideas that spring up around religions that actually have no basis at all in the holy books that they are based on. But then we can all fall prey to misrepresentation I suppose. I cringe at what has been, and in some cases still is, done in the name of a particular religion, whilst having no basis for it in the mainstream teachings from the scriptures.