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Betrayed Trust: Holt International’s Troubling Associations and Their Impact on Adoptees

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The Dark Shadows Looming Over Holt International Children Services. In the world of international adoption, Holt International Children Services has long been regarded as a beacon of hope for desperate adoptive parents seeking grateful children. However, recent revelations have cast a pall over the agency’s reputation. Hiring David Cousineau, a former priest accused of sexually molesting an 11-year-old girl for …

Susan Lohan: Philomena Cheered by Stars While the State Turns Deaf Ear

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THE ‘real’ Philomena Lee, subject of the film Philomena, deserves the admiration and thanks of Ireland’s forgotten adopted people and their natural mothers for her undaunting campaign to have this dark chapter of our history highlighted. Thanks to the determination of this dignified 80-year-old lady, her daughter Jane, writer Martin Sixsmith, film producer Steve Coogan and movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, …

Adoptionland: Canada's Dark Secret, A Documentary by Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera: Canada’s Dark Secret

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Al Jazeera | Canada’s Dark Secret | Featured Documentary “In 1996, the last residential school in Canada was closed down, bringing to light horrifying stories about the methods used to sever indigenous children from the influence of their families and to assimilate them into the dominant “Canadian” culture. Over more than a century, tens of thousands of families have torn …

Baby mix-up scandal women now planning legal action against adoption society

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by Shane Phelan The women at the center of the St Patrick’s Guild baby mix-up scandal are seeking court approval to bring lawsuits against the former adoption society. A joint application on behalf of Helen Maguire (71) and Christine Skipsey (52) was filed with the High Court by their solicitors last week, the Irish Independent has learned. A similar application …

Spanish nuns accused of stealing babies from vulnerable mothers

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A Franciscan convent in northern Spain is being investigated for selling babies Two Spanish nuns are being investigated under suspicion of stealing 13 babies from mothers who were forced to give them up for adoption. According to a report in The Times, Sisters Carmen Longarela Latas, 82, and Carmen Vázquez Lamela, 88, are being investigated by a court on suspicion …