Illegal adoptions... happen in the catholic church orphanages
worldwide... New Zealand was right into that... I was put up for
adoption 5 times... and can only remember one of them... I was 4 and 3/4 years old at that time... Mrs. Fletcher... ... they took
me back 6days later... and then took another girl away... she came back
3months later... and then another girl went with Mrs. Fletcher... they
adopted her... but she came back also to stay with us... Ann
As a result, we hear that the religious orders and nuns who ran these homes and institutions “did their best” operating within a very different set of moral boundaries. In short, people thought differently and the treatment of unmarried mothers and their children was an acceptable, if unfortunate, aspect of that society
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/illegal-adoptions-exposing-the-pain-of-one-of-irelands-hidden-scandals-273840.html
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Journalists and commentators get accused of imposing the morality and
ethics of 21st century Ireland on an Ireland which bears no comparison.
As a result, we hear that the religious orders and nuns who ran these homes and institutions “did their best” operating within a very different set of moral boundaries. In short, people thought differently and the treatment of unmarried mothers and their children was an acceptable, if unfortunate, aspect of that society
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/illegal-adoptions-exposing-the-pain-of-one-of-irelands-hidden-scandals-273840.html
