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Many children born under the care of Bons Secours nuns were adopted abroad, a majority of them in America. Tuam survivors tell their personal adopt...

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The Missing Children

Episode 1

Season 1, Episode 1 • Documentary, TV-14, 03-Mar-2022

Between 1921 and 1998, 60,000 unwed Irish mothers were forced by the Catholic Church to give up their children without knowing what would happen to them. Records show 9,000 of them died without cause. A local historian investigates.

Cast
Alison O'Reilly cast
Catherine Corless cast
Crew
Tanya Stephan director
Ryan Chanatry producer
Gena Konstantinakos producer
Anne Morrison producer
Brian Woods producer
Rachel Cumella producer
Philip Blake cinematographer
Paddy Garrick editor
Ella Newton editor
Alex Malcoln assistant editor
Randi M. Cohen supervising producer
Adam Louka production assistant

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    Episode 2

    Episode 2

    Many children born under the care of Bons Secours nuns were adopted abroad, a majority of them in America. Tuam survivors tell their personal adoption stories and their search for the truth.

  • Episode 3
    43:16
    Episode 3

    Episode 3

    Did the state collude in the abuse and death of mothers and children along with the church? Why has the church been protected? Survivors and the people of Ireland demand records be unsealed as calls for justice for the victims grow louder.

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