This is a class act piece of work. The real thinkers in this world are onto something big. The combination of these efforts will be historic. Harvard has done us a good one with this paper published a couple years ago.
A great quote:
"the idea that the missionaries were acting to “save” these
children justified the damage they would have caused to the children and
their families. In this way, the Silsby case offers a window into international
and domestic child placement schemes that disrupt poor families and
disregard traditional forms of child placement"
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jangles ago
Did this happen in Yugoslavia?
MAGABoomer ago
This happened in Spain on a fairly large scale and just came to light last year I believe. Uncertain of Yugo, but wherever any "church" is, expect this issue. They believe they know best. Hundreds of babies were stolen from mothers the "church" decided were unworthy and given to other families. To this day I have no idea where a great uncle came from. He was literally handed to my ggramma in the hospital and told he was her child now. (She had several still births)...no one has a clue where they got this baby. It was a catholic hospital.
strix-varia ago
Sigh, yes a catholic hospital............