It began with a chance encounter at a New Year's party in 2004. I was
trying to leave, but a woman said she had a message for me. She knew I
had been a journalist and she had a friend who wanted my help to solve a
family mystery. I agreed to a meeting, and found myself embarking on a
five-year quest for a man I had never met.
The woman's friend was called Jane, a financial administrator from St Albans. She was in her late 30s and had been through an emotional experience. Just before Christmas, her mother, Philomena, tipsy on festive sherry, had revealed a secret she had kept for 50 years – she had a son she had never mentioned to anyone.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/19/catholic-church-sold-child
The woman's friend was called Jane, a financial administrator from St Albans. She was in her late 30s and had been through an emotional experience. Just before Christmas, her mother, Philomena, tipsy on festive sherry, had revealed a secret she had kept for 50 years – she had a son she had never mentioned to anyone.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/19/catholic-church-sold-child