"We acknowledge the lifelong impact of these experiences and the part the church played in a system shaped by attitudes and behaviours that we now recognise as harmful. For the pain and trauma experienced and still carried by many women and children in church-affiliated mother and baby homes, we are deeply sorry."
"A 2021 parliamentary inquiry found there were 185,000 adoptions involving unmarried mothers in England and Wales between 1949 and 1973 alone and that the state was ultimately responsible for the suffering caused by public institutions and employees involved."
The Church of England is set to formally apologize for its involvement in forced adoptions and the mother and baby home scandal. Survivors have welcomed this decision after years of advocacy. The church operated numerous institutions where unmarried women gave birth in secrecy, leading to the separation of mothers and their children. A parliamentary inquiry revealed 185,000 adoptions involving unmarried mothers from 1949 to 1973, with the state bearing responsibility for the resulting suffering. Campaigners assert that many more were affected due to incomplete records from the last homes that closed in the late 1980s.
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