British woman settles 'illegal adoption' claim against Catholic agency
by Harriet Sherwood from World news | The Guardian on (#3TSPB)
Tressa Reeves claimed she was given the brush-off when she tried to track down her son
A British woman who spent 40 years searching for her son after he was allegedly illegally adopted through a Catholic agency in Ireland in the 1960s has settled a court action.
Tressa Reeves, 79, who now lives in Cornwall, and her son, Patrick Farrell, sued St Patrick's Guild, an adoption society run by the Sisters of Charity, and the Irish state. They alleged he was never properly adopted, a claim that was denied.