Bibframe Work

Title

The price of children

Other Titles (e.g. Variant)

Stolen lives in a land without choice

Type

Text

Monograph

Contribution

Laurino, Maria (author)

Subject

Catholic Church--Corrupt practices--History--20th century. (LCSH)

Adoption--Corrupt practices--Italy--History--20th century (LCSH)

Adoption--Corrupt practices--United States--History--20th century (LCSH)

Adoption--Religious aspects--Catholic Church (LCSH)

Adoptees--Italy (LCSH)

Adoption--Pratiques déloyales--Italie--Histoire--20e siècle (RVM)

Adoption--Pratiques déloyales--États-Unis--Histoire--20e siècle (RVM)

Adoption--Aspect religieux--Église catholique (RVM)

Adoptés--Italie (RVM)

Language

English (eng)

Geographic Coverage

Italy

United States

Classification

DDC: 362.7340973 full (Source: 23/eng/20241028)

LCC: HV875.58.I8 L38 2023

Supplementary Content

bibliography (bibliography)

Content

text (txt)

Note

original text: : Italian

language: In English, translated from Italian.

Summary

The Price of Children is the never-told story of how the Vatican and the American Catholic Church sent nearly 4000 children of unwed Italian mothers to the United States for adoption between 1950 to 1970, falsely labeling them "war orphans" then later "orphans." With the religious stigma of unwed motherhood turning families against daughters, and a Church and State wanting "illegitimate" children sent abroad, mothers were lied to, given forms to sign that they didn't understand, or even told their baby had died, all to further supply this international adoption pipeline. Maria Laurino's investigation began from a family discovery: a chance phone call from her cousin revealed that he had been one of these children, leading her to uncover an adoption scheme overseen by the highest levels of the Vatican." -- Publisher description.

Table Of Contents

Part one: Baby shoes never worn

Part two: The vision and the mission

Part three: My child no longer

Part four: The Steubenville cluster

Part five: The genealogist and the priest

Intended Audience

adult

Authorized Access Point

Laurino, Maria The price of children

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