It is only a few blocks from CPP. An orphanage, Hillary Clinton, Mother Theresa, Washington. The tale of the abandoned orphange
From the abandoned orphanage article:
Location: "According to a pastor at the church next door to the home’s former location, the adoption ministry failed to take off because the Roman Catholic nuns who ran it weren’t allowed to care for babies without medical personnel on site. “I’m not sure the legal thing that came down upon them, but they realized they needed to expend their energies in another way,” said Maureen Freshour, who along with her husband, David, pastors Chevy Chase Baptist " (not directly from the article but upon further research in the vicinity of Chevy Chase Baptist Church, 5671 Western Ave, Washington, DC 20015)
Now, the building that had housed the orphanage (on Western Avenue in the affluent neighborhood of Chevy Chase, in DC) has no more bassinets. In fact, when we reported on the house in 2006, it was for sale: a $3 million Tudor mansion being advertised as an ideal embassy location in one the most affluent neighborhoods in the country, home to a host of foreign military commissions and attachés.
an explanation for its abandoned state:
the order sold the Chevy Chase house in 2002. “We work with the poor and we didn’t have any work there because it’s a rich neighborhood,” she said. The sisters, she added, are now working with the homeless and those with AIDS in a more transitional neighborhood in the northeast section of town on Otis Street. I'm digging. I'll keep updating
This to me seems like a a lead of sorts.
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carmencita ago
Setting up an orphanage in a rich neighborhood sounds a little nuts to me in the first place. What? Did they think the rich people were going to just walk in and adopt from there? It all sounds confusing to me. The story just does not add up. But why did they leave there with such a good set up with the tunnels right below? Maybe there is another way they get the children into the bus station now and down into the tunnels. There is some kind of trailer next to it in the picture. This could be done at night. I think this definitely calls for more digging. Could be a lead, yes.