Der katholische Schwarzmarkt für gestohlene Babies – IrishTimes

Zur Erinnerung:

• 150 000 Kinder an katholischen Schulen Kandas schwerst missbraucht  – BBC
• Catholic Church stole 300,000 babies from their spanish parents – Mail Online
• 150.000 Babies stolen by Churches and adoption agencies in Australia  – Brisb. Times
  

Der katholische Schwarzmarkt für gestohlene Babies

The baby black market – IrishTimes

Mother-and-baby homes were only part of the system for dealing with unmarried mothers in the 1950s. Many children were also sold into a thriving network that stretched from Ireland to the US.

The National Archives of Ireland contain just a few snippets, but they are enough to make clear that State officials in 1950s Ireland knew the country was a centre for illegal international baby trafficking. The number of children involved can’t even be guessed at, but we can be sure they were all “illegitimate”.

Ireland was regarded as a “hunting ground”, in the words of a senior civil servant, where foreigners in search of babies could easily obtain illegitimate children from mother-and-baby homes and private nursing homes, then remove them from the State without any formalities.

There were both legal and illegal adoptions. During the 1950s up to 15 per cent of all illegitimate Irish children born in mother-and-baby homes each year were taken to the United States with the full knowledge of the State. In total more than 2,000 illegitimate children were removed from the country in this way. Most were adopted by wealthy American Catholics.  …….. weiterlesen

via  The baby black market.  – IrishTimes


Kindermissbrauch: Die katholische Kirche kapiert es nicht.

The Catholic Church still does not get child abuse – IrishTimes

The conviction of Rolf Harris is a reminder that child abuse is an abuse of power. The crime persists because perpetrators are not challenged and dealt with speedily by the criminal justice system. Children are still abused in Ireland every day.

The HSE Annual Report 2013 shows that 6,462 children were in care at the end of 2013 and 1,547 children were on the Child Protection Notification system. The HSE expects to receive about 40,000 referrals to the Child and Family Agency in 2014. Between April 2013 and the end of March 2014, 164 allegations were made against priests and religious to the National Board for Safeguarding Children.

Many organisations that have contact with children, including sports organisations and the Catholic Church, don’t understand the relationship between the abuse of power and child abuse so their prevention strategies are inadequate. The 2013 annual report of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland shows that the Catholic Church does not get it.

Several sections of the report are worrying. The new chief executive officer, Teresa Devlin, hopes “that through the work of the National Board, children will be empowered [and] will influence safe practice”.   ………

The Catholic Church still does not get child abuse – IrishTimes

 

• Tausende irische Kinder katholischer Heime 1930 zu Pharmaversuchen missbraucht – dailymail.co.uk
• Katholische Massengräber 350 800 vermisster Kinder in Canada, Spanien, Irland – CAR – Child Abuse Recovery
• Catholic Church should set up its own commission of investigation following mother and child home controversy
• Child graves prompt Irish to ask why so many babies died in Church care
• The baby black market
• Nicht Adoption, sondern Kinderhandel: Katholische Kinderliebe in Zeiten kirchlicher Pest | The Irish Times
• Graves of 800 dead babies prompt Irish to ask why so many babies died in Church care
• Call for Protestant-run mother and baby homes inquiry
• Katholische Kirche entsorgte 800 irische Kleinkinder in Klärwassertank-Grab – Washington Times
• The Bodies Of 800 Babies Were Found In The Septic Tank Of A Former Home For Unwed Mothers In Ireland