Spain's stolen babies and their ordeal

[olaniyi001]

Spanish society has been shaken by allegations of the theft and trafficking of thousands of babies by nuns, priests and doctors, which started under Franco and continued up to the 1990s. I first met Manoli Pagador in Getafe, in a working-class suburb of Madrid. She was attending a meeting for people affected by the scandal Spaniards call "ninos robados" - stolen children.

She has three daughters and lots of grandchildren, but she has never got over the loss of her first-born - a son - nearly 40 years ago. She had come to think she was crazy for believing he was alive, instead of dead and buried as hospital doctors had told her.



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[OliviaG]

I was really intrigued by this topic. As I read this article, Catholic Church stole Spanish babies, resold them, I have come to think of how can this domestic controversy will be ended. It's been a long time since it was first ordered by Spanish dictator Franco and I can't believe that catholic priests and nuns we're involved.