Church of England apologises for role in historical adoption practices in Salisbury
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Archbishop apologizes for Church of England's forced adoptions role
LONDON — The Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, apologized on Thursday for the Church of England's role in forcibly separating 185,000 children from unmarried mothers and putting them up for adoption in the decades after World War Two.
Church of England apologises for role in historical adoption practices in Salisbury
This follows the operation of a number of mother and baby homes in the Diocese of Salisbury between 1949 and 1976, including Hope House in Salisbury, as well as sites in Devizes, Weymouth, and Poole.
The Church of England has acknowledged its role in the system that for decades separated thousands of single mothers from their newborn children in the UK, when it operated around 100 mother and baby homes in the decades following World War II. The apology was delivered by Sarah Mullally, the Church of England's interim head following the vacancy at Canterbury, who expressed "deep shame" over the role played by institutions linked to Anglicanism.
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