The Sisters of Charity organisation has said it is “deeply saddened” by disclosures in the RTÉ Investigates programme on illegal adoptions, broadcast on Wednesday night. Some of them had been illegally adopted through the St Patrick’s Guild agency run by the Sisters of Charity. *It is understood that those remaining sisters who had worked at St Patrick’s Guild are now very elderly and in care. Full review“St Patrick’s Guild clearly played a role in what happened over many decades. It was the case too, they said, that “many of our sisters who worked in St Patrick’s Guild dedicated their lives to supporting women who came to seek adoption services in secret.

Source: The Irish Times March 05, 2021 00:56 UTC