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The battle is lost in Britain, says Roy Peachey, but the Church can still promote adoption abroad
3 July 2009
Having just returned from adopting our daughter in China, I find the Charity Tribunal’s recent negative ruling on the work of the Catholic Care adoption agency both dispiriting and baffling: dispiriting because children need families and baffling because of our experience of adopting from China.
At a time when a new way forward is required for our Catholic adoption agencies, I would argue that our family’s experience, and the experience of many like us, may suggest such an alternative. Adopting from abroad is no longer as unusual as it used to be. However, the practicalities of inter-country adoption and the wider implications which flow from those practicalities are still something of a closed book to most people.
In many ways inter-country adoption is no different from domestic adoption. Prospective adopters are required to undergo a long and rigorous assessment of their suitability to adopt by either the local authority or an adoption agency. Once this assessment has been completed and an adoption panel has been passed, the prospective adopters’ paperwork is sent to the relevant country.
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3 July 2009
Having just returned from adopting our daughter in China, I find the Charity Tribunal’s recent negative ruling on the work of the Catholic Care adoption agency both dispiriting and baffling: dispiriting because children need families and baffling because of our experience of adopting from China.
At a time when a new way forward is required for our Catholic adoption agencies, I would argue that our family’s experience, and the experience of many like us, may suggest such an alternative. Adopting from abroad is no longer as unusual as it used to be. However, the practicalities of inter-country adoption and the wider implications which flow from those practicalities are still something of a closed book to most people.
In many ways inter-country adoption is no different from domestic adoption. Prospective adopters are required to undergo a long and rigorous assessment of their suitability to adopt by either the local authority or an adoption agency. Once this assessment has been completed and an adoption panel has been passed, the prospective adopters’ paperwork is sent to the relevant country.
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