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THAILAND: Father Brennan, who has run an orphanage in Thailand for many years, admits to having helped two journalists who pretended to be pedophiles. The two wanted in contact with child prostitutes

Catholic priest Father Brennan, who has become world famous for running a giant orphanage in the Thai city of Pattaya, admits that he has been helpful to two British journalists who posed as pedophiles.

The two journalists from the British tabloid newspaper "The People" had told Father Brennan that they had won the lottery and would like to support his orphanage "Pattaya Orphanage" with a larger amount.

At a press conference yesterday, Father Brennan admitted that he had a meeting with two journalists at a hotel in Pattaya and, among other things, inform them of where they could find prostituted children. But the priest does not believe that he has done anything wrong.

The parents had sought to return the three-year-old boy to an orphanage after they reported that they could not bond with the child. The orphanage then approached the Court seeking a dissolution of the adoption.

The Bombay High Court recently annulled the adoption of a three-year old child after the adoptive parents informed that they were not able to bond with the child emotionally [Bal Asha Trust, Mumbai v. Ashu Singhal, Riddhi Singhal].

Two cases of couples from Uttar Pradesh and Kerala wanting to return their adopted children have hit the headlines recently. Let’s look at the rules, what the courts said and why experts say ‘returned children’ are seemingly becoming a bigger problem

Two unusual cases have hit the headlines recently.

The first saw a couple from Uttar Pradesh seeking to return an adopted child.

The adoptive parents approached the Mumbai High Court in December saying they have not bonded with the child and complaining of the child’s ‘bad behaviour.’

The second witnessed a couple from Kerala in November also seeking to return a girl they had adopted in 2018 after their son passed away in a car accident.

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Tamil Nadu Social Service Society is an official organisation of the Tamil Nadu Catholic Bishops Conference

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration of a Christian organisation — Tamil Nadu Social Service Society (TASOSS).

The non-governmental organisation (NGO) is the second Tamil Nadu-based Christian association whose FCRA registration has been cancelled 2024.

Tamil Nadu Social Service Society is an official organisation of the Tamil Nadu Catholic Bishops Conference

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration of a Christian organisation — Tamil Nadu Social Service Society (TASOSS).

The non-governmental organisation (NGO) is the second Tamil Nadu-based Christian association whose FCRA registration has been cancelled 2024.

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The third episode of journalist Igor Traboni's investigation on the magazine Orwell.it is dedicated to national adoptions

“Italy is not a country for adoptive families ”. Thus begins the third episode of journalist Igor Traboni's investigation into the world of adoption for Orwell.it. An episode which, unlike the previous two , in which the topic of international adoption was explored, focuses on national adoptions.

“For every potentially adoptable Italian child – explains Traboni – there are around 10 copies available to do so. Yet, every year, there are fewer adoption decisions." Furthermore, the journalist continues, “Italy (...) in 1998 ratified the Hague Convention, an almost global point of reference for the protection of minors and international cooperation. Yet Italian children cannot be adopted by a foreign couple! And here it borders on the absurd, because: either you are part of certain rules and, therefore, you apply them all, or you are in breach of these”.

Traboni interviewed the president of Ai.Bi on this topic. – Friends of Children, Marco Griffini . Who explained: “Let's say straight away that, as authorized bodies, we have no jurisdiction over national adoptions, the matter of which falls under the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts. However, there is this problem of Italian children who, in fact, cannot be adopted by citizens of other nations. It has happened to us several times that from abroad, for example by Italian-American couples, we are asked to be able to adopt in Italy, but... it's not possible. Like Ai.Bi. we have been carrying on this battle for many years, but our requests have always been rejected by the CAI, the Adoption Commission, with the reasoning that, in practice, until there is a database of national adoptions, it is not possible to apply the principle of reciprocity".

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