15,000 illegal adoptions in Ireland, mothers told babies had died

Source: https://www.irishcentral.com/news/politics/illegal-adoptions-ireland
Published: May 31, 2018
Author: Frances Mulraney
Post Date: 2020-10-09 14:08:25 by BTP Holdings
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15,000 illegal adoptions in Ireland, mothers told babies had died

Irish Minister for Children Katherine Zappone on Tuesday revealed 126 confirmed cases of illegal adoption in Ireland. Minister for Justice believes many other Irish adoption agencies could be involved.

by Frances Mulraney
@FrancesMulraney

May 31, 2018

Children’s charity Barnardo's has claimed that as many as 15,000 children could have been illegally adopted in Ireland.Children’s charity Barnardo's has claimed that as many as 15,000 children could have been illegally adopted in Ireland.

Irish adoption agency records are to be examined to determine the extent of the illegal adoption practice in Ireland.

The Chief Executive of children’s charity Barnardo's claimed, in May 2018, that as many as 15,000 children could have been illegally adopted in Ireland.

“This was a crime against these people and their mothers. Mothers who were told that their babies had died,” Fergus Finlay told RTÉ’s radio show Morning Ireland

The claim came after Irish Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone on Tuesday revealed that the Irish child and family agency Tusla has confirmed 126 cases of incorrectly registered births.

Irish Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone.4Gallery
Irish Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone.

These 126 people will now be contacted by social workers from Tusla to inform them that their adoptive parents were wrongly and illegally registered on their birth certificate as their birth parents.

Tusla revealed that as many as 79 people in these cases may be "entirely unaware of the circumstances of their birth."

The 126 established cases were registered by St Patrick’s Guild adoption society between 1946 and 1969. The youngest person affected is 49 and the oldest is 72.

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“I suspect every single adoption agency in the country is involved, that’s 150,000 babies, it would be amazing if at least ten percent of them were not illegal.”

“The bottom line is these people need their identity. They have a right to their background, who they are, where they came from. That trumps everything else,” Finlay added, stating that there now needs to be a thorough investigation sensitive to those involved.

“People have an absolute right to know.”

Over 100 institutions and individuals may have been involved in the illegal adoption scandal in Ireland

Poster Comment:

I heard that Chief Justice John Roberts and his wife have adopted two Irish children.

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#1: DWornock    To: BTP Holdings (#0)

I question the validity of this story. It would be extremely unlikely that 150,000 mothers would believe their babies had died. After all, they give birth to them and would be holding them immediately after and, at least, would hear their babies cry. And, it is not like they would choose doctors and midwives that they couldn't trust.

DWornock posted on 2020-10-09 14:27:22   Reply   Private Reply

#2: BTP Holdings    To: DWornock (#1)

It would be extremely unlikely that 150,000 mothers would believe their babies had died. After all, they give birth to them and would be holding them immediately after and, at least, would hear their babies cry. And, it is not like they would choose doctors and midwives that they couldn't trust.

150,000 seems to be an astoundingly high number. And I am sure the mothers would be holding their babies right after they were born. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-10-09 14:33:05   Reply   Private Reply

#3: DWornock    To: BTP Holdings (#2)

Not only that but families get very upset over the death of their family pet, let alone a baby. They would want a satisfactory explanation and perhaps an investigation. Even if at first, a mother might believe her baby died, more likely than not she will an open casket funeral. Then what are they going to do? It is not likely they have dead babies, let alone dead babies that the mother would believe was her baby.

DWornock posted on 2020-10-10 01:03:44   Reply   Private Reply

#4: BTP Holdings    To: DWornock (#3)

Then what are they going to do?

Of course I am sure you know the old saying, "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." ;)

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#5: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt    To: BTP Holdings (#0)

I heard that Chief Justice John Roberts and his wife have adopted two Irish children.

that was my thought

AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt posted on 2020-10-10 17:36:34   Reply   Private Reply

#6: BTP Holdings    To: DWornock (#3)

It is not likely they have dead babies, let alone dead babies that the mother would believe was her baby.

At the moment of birth when the doctor slaps the baby's bottom, it takes its first breath and begins to cry. And that is the first thing the mother will notice. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-10-10 19:26:06   Reply   Private Reply