SPAIN
Daily Mail (United Kingdom)
By David Baker
An elderly Spanish nun was in court today to face charges of stealing babies, after hundreds of women claimed their babies were taken from them at birth and given away in illegal adoptions.
Doctors, nurses and religious workers at several clinics and hospitals in Spain are alleged to have sold babies for adoption over decades after telling new mothers that their infants had died.
Alleged victims say they need help from authorities in unearthing evidence of their claims from graveyards and public registries.
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