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Church of England Set to Apologize for Historic Forced Adoptions
(MENAFN) The Church of England is preparing to apologize for its involvement in forced adoptions that occurred during the three decades following World War II, according to reports released Wednesday.
Reports indicate that a draft of the Church’s apology has been prepared, in which it states, “we are deeply sorry.”
These historic forced adoptions involved tens of thousands of babies being removed from their mothers because the women were unmarried, spanning nearly 30 years.
The Church operated roughly 100 mother-and-baby homes across England, where unmarried pregnant women were sent, effectively hiding them from society.
One such woman, Jan Doyle, was 16 in 1963 when she became pregnant and unmarried. She was placed in a mother-and-baby home in Kent and later described the conditions there as “harsh.”
Doyle’s baby boy, David, was taken from her a few weeks after his birth, and the two were reunited only 63 years later.
A parliamentary investigation by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) found that approximately 185,000 babies were affected by forced adoptions between 1949 and 1976.
Reports indicate that a draft of the Church’s apology has been prepared, in which it states, “we are deeply sorry.”
These historic forced adoptions involved tens of thousands of babies being removed from their mothers because the women were unmarried, spanning nearly 30 years.
The Church operated roughly 100 mother-and-baby homes across England, where unmarried pregnant women were sent, effectively hiding them from society.
One such woman, Jan Doyle, was 16 in 1963 when she became pregnant and unmarried. She was placed in a mother-and-baby home in Kent and later described the conditions there as “harsh.”
Doyle’s baby boy, David, was taken from her a few weeks after his birth, and the two were reunited only 63 years later.
A parliamentary investigation by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) found that approximately 185,000 babies were affected by forced adoptions between 1949 and 1976.
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