What's the deal with Catholic charities??

Hi. I am also a CC birthmother from Long Island. I gave up Neil in February 1970. I was in the Maria Regina CC Residence in Port Jefferson NY. I also was told no records are available.

Wish it could be that easy for all of us..I have my amdnded baptismal cert...but I was baptized in the chapel of St Vincent's Hospital which was directly connected to ST Anthony's Home for Infants in KC,MO. The only part of that location still in place is the building that housed the mothers to be.....all the rest is gone. And I don''t know if the diosese would have anything else. Doesn't matter now as I located my birthmother...she died last Sept. But I don't know who the bfather is and unless I could find a way for CC to share that info which was whited out on the non id info, I'll never know as the state office told me it was not given to them, or they don't have it in their records... who knows... :woohoo: :grr: :(

Because CC adopted children into alcoholic families for one. Our SW new my mother went to 12 years of school with her and knew my adoptive father was a drunk!. They all knew. CC . Also its common sense, compassion that these workers lack not licensure. School does not prepare workers for what is really out there.

Lots of babies were born in the 60s the late baby boomers some say. Agencies placed children with what they belieed were white middle class families. Ask around. I hae spoken and know intimately several people born then and adopted into seriuously dysfunctional families. It is not surprising that most private agencies that take on welfare cases fail to serve in every repect.

My husband just found out, at age 60 , he was adopted through Catholic Charities in Philadelphia in 1963. Anyone have any info on adoptions back then? It says he was adopted at 5 weeks. We should get non identifying information next week. His adopted mother just died, and the truth came out after. Was it common not to tell children/adults that they were adopted back then?

I am one of those babies, but only just now found out about what the Catholic Church was doing to unwed mothers, pressuring them, lying to them, etc. I was adopted into a white, middle class family of narcissists. I was left alone a lot, only saw my dad one in a while, and ended up very messed up. Messed up my whole life. Parents were divorced by the time I was 9. I only recently began to actually be able to take care of myself like an adult. I'm now looking for some kind of recourse. I hope it's out there somewhere.