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November 4, 2016

U.K. cardinal apologizes to unmarried women coerced to give up babies

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, speaks at the Vatican Oct. 27. The English cardinal apologized to unmarried women pressured to give up their babies by church agencies at the end of a documentary scheduled to be broadcasted Nov. 9.

MANCHESTER, England – An English cardinal has apologized for the "hurt caused" to young unmarried mothers pressured by church agencies in the mid-20th century to surrender their children for adoption.

Published in International