text: If you haven't yet learned that the "babies in a septic tank" thing was a hoax you should check it out.  Associated Press retracted the claim.  Forbes, New Republic, and (the Jesuits') America Magazine, and others, gave more detail.  E.g. https://www.forbes.com/sites/eamonnfingleton/2014/06/09/that-story-about-irish-babies-in-a-septic-tank-is-a-media-hoax/#723d7e453637