{"id":246815,"date":"2025-05-23T21:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/forced-adoption-scandal-cumbria-memorial-for-45-babies-buried-in-mass-unmarked-grave-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T21:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:05:01","slug":"forced-adoption-scandal-cumbria-memorial-for-45-babies-buried-in-mass-unmarked-grave-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/forced-adoption-scandal-cumbria-memorial-for-45-babies-buried-in-mass-unmarked-grave-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Forced adoption scandal: Cumbria memorial for 45 babies buried in mass unmarked grave | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/fpccrgx2eEg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Forced adoption scandal: Cumbria memorial for 45 babies buried in mass unmarked grave | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fpccrgx2eEg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Survivors of Britain\u2019s forced adoption scandal have gathered in Cumbria to remember children who died in church run institutions and were buried in mass unmarked graves.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after an ITV News investigation last year discovered that 45 babies had died at a former Church of England home for unmarried mothers and were buried in secret in a mass unmarked grave in Kendal.<\/p>\n<p>The Bishop of Carlisle Rev Rob Saner-Haigh unveiled a memorial garden at Parkside Cemetery and described St Monica&#8217;s mother and baby home as a place of &quot;pain, rejection and heartache&quot;.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Survivors of Britain\u2019s forced adoption scandal have gathered in Cumbria to remember children who died in church run institutions and were buried in mass unmarked graves. 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