Officials in Santiago, Chile, are investigating a series of cases
in which newborn babies were purportedly stolen from the poor and given
to the rich over many years' time, mostly in the 1970s through the
'90s. At least half a dozen Catholic sisters and one of the country's
most popular priests have been implicated in these long-hidden crimes.
The following is the final article in a three-part series that looks at how this appropriation of children happened and how it stayed secret for so long. Read part one and part two.
At first, René Mestre Sabureau assumed no bad faith on the part of the Mercedarian nuns who brokered his adoption more than 42 years ago.
http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/stolen-children-abuse-scandals-thefts-newborns-contribute-increased-distrust
At first, René Mestre Sabureau assumed no bad faith on the part of the Mercedarian nuns who brokered his adoption more than 42 years ago.
http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/stolen-children-abuse-scandals-thefts-newborns-contribute-increased-distrust
