Church of England expected to formally apologise for its role in forced adoptions

Survivors of UK’s mother and baby home scandal welcome news after years of campaigning for recognition UK politics live – latest updates The Church of England is expected to make a formal apology for its role in forced adoptions and the UK’s mother and baby home scandal. Survivors of the scandal – in which hundreds of thousands of children were forcibly separated from their mothers – have welcomed the news after years of campaigning for recognition.