SPAIN
BBC News
A Spanish nun has become the first person to appear in court in connection with the alleged theft of newborn babies, mostly in the Franco era.
Sister Maria Gomez Valbuena, 80, is accused of stealing a mother’s newborn daughter at a Madrid hospital in 1982.
Appearing before a judge on Thursday, Sister Maria refused to testify.
Thousands of babies are thought to have been taken from parents in hospitals and given to other families during the Franco dictatorship and later.
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