18 jun 2026

Church of England apologises for role in forced adoptions

2 outlets5hbroke the guardian 10:00

Church ‘profoundly sorry’ for pain caused to mothers and children separated at birth between 1940s and 1980s The Church of England has made a long-awaited apology for its role in forced adoptions after the second world war. Hundreds of thousands of children were forcibly separated from their mothers in the UK between the 1940s and the 1980s. Survivors testify to suffering abuse, neglect and lifelong trauma.

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