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18 September 2014

Philomena author on scandal of Ireland's 60,000 babies 'sold' by nuns

The film Philomena, starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, tells the true story of a mother’s quest to find the son taken from her by the Catholic Church in 1950s Ireland.
She was one of an estimated 60,000 women whose babies were given to new parents in exchange for cash donations.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/philomena-author-scandal-irelands-60000-4260186