Tonight on BBC2, Martin Sixsmith (author of Philomena) goes on a journey to investigate the Irish Catholic Church’s role in an adoption trade which saw thousands of ‘illegitimate’ children taken from their mothers and sent abroad, often with donations to the Church flowing in the other direction.
In Ireland and in America, Martin hears the moving stories of the parents and children whose lives were changed forever and discovers evidence that prospective parents were not properly vetted – sometimes with tragic consequences.
He also witnesses the struggle of mother and child in their attempts to find each other across continents before it is too late. With no one willing to help and information scarce, for some it feels like after all these years the Catholic Church is still trying to keep them apart.
On BBC Two tonight at 9pm and RTÉ One tomorrow at 10:15pm.
Ireland’s Lost Babies (BBC)
Previously: After Philomena
The Art Of Storytelling
Anything Good On BBC News At Ten?
This is going to lead to a government report, then there’ll be a report into the findings of said report. Then a report into the findings of the findings
…a file may even be sent to the DPP.
There’s no such thing as “illegitimate children”.
There are, however, “illegitimate parents”.
there are no such thing as slaves
there are, however ‘commodities’.
And ‘illegitimate adoption processes’ leading to ‘illegitimate adoptive parents’ and ‘illegitimate proceeds’ from the ‘illegitimate transatlantic child trade.’
Who adopted the nurses? Or did they swim home?
It’s a pity we have to wait for BBC t omake these programmes
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Good old Catholic Church. Got to love it!
That was harrowing