Just over half-a-century later, amid revelations of illegal adoptions and irregularities with birth registrations at St Patrick's, questions arose in Helen's mind. A jobs agency in London sent her to see Fr Cleary, who was chaplain to the Irish community in Kilburn and Camden. Helen said she gave Fr Cleary the money for her airfare and was instructed to buy several sets of expensive baby clothes. She said she was met at the airport by a woman known to Fr Cleary who drove her to St Patrick's. They got in contact with Tusla, which has had the records from St Patrick's Guild since 2016, and sought the assistance of Dublin law firm, Coleman Legal Partners, which has several clients affected by the St Patrick's Guild scandal.

Source: Irish Independent June 08, 2019 01:30 UTC