Chile's stolen children: American woman finds her Chilean mother 36 years after birth

Growing up in Minneapolis, Alisa Clare Cohen constantly wondered whether her birth parents in Chile really abandoned her. Nearly four decades passed before she learned the truth.

"The story that I was told was that my (biological) family had essentially never meant to keep me," Cohen said.

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Every bishop in Chile just resigned over the child sex abuse scandal

Thirty-four Chilean bishops have resigned together over the Catholic child sex abuse scandals.

The unprecedented move — which saw the entire Chilean church leadership offer to step down — came shortly after a meeting with Pope Francis over the scale of sexual abuse and its cover-up in Chile. It is to date the most significant formal acceptance of responsibility for abuse by members of the church hierarchy anywhere in the world.

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Priest steals babies for adoption

Priest steals babies for adoption

Chile’s Catholic church confirmed on Tuesday that a priest was instrumental in the forced adoption of at least two babies without the knowledge of their mothers, and had also maintained an “inappropriate relationship’’ with one mother.

Chile Investigating Gerardo Joannon, Catholic Priest Accused Of Stealing Babies For Adoption

Chile Investigating Gerardo Joannon, Catholic Priest Accused Of Stealing Babies For Adoption

Chile's child welfare service is investigating reports that a Catholic priest was involved in giving babies up for adoption in the 1970s and 1980s without their parents' knowledge, telling the biological mothers that their child had died.

Chile probing reports that priest stole babies for adoption

Chile probing reports that priest stole babies for adoption

Chile's child welfare service is investigating reports that a Catholic priest was involved in giving babies up for adoption in the 1970s and 1980s without their parents' knowledge, telling the biological mothers that their child had died.

Many wanna-be adoptive parents are so desperate for your child of their very own, that they don't care where they come from.

Chile investigating 61 schools for child sex abuse

Chile investigating 61 schools for child sex abuse

Chile will investigate 61 schools in the country's capital for possible child sex abuse, the attorney general said Friday in the latest government step to address a sharp rise in reports of such crimes.

Supreme Court says that mother shouldn't have taken child from Chile to US in custody dispute

Supreme Court says that mother shouldn't have taken child from Chile to US in custody dispute

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Texas mother illegally moved her son from Chile to the United States during a custody dispute with the boy's British father in the first test of the boundaries of an international child custody treaty.