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Christian US sect pushed women into giving up babies for adoption

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Women who were once members of a secretive Christian sect in the U.S. have told the BBC they were coerced by the church into giving up their children for adoption.

Some of the children who were adopted within the church have told us they were subjected to abuse and neglect in their adoptive families.

The claims follow a BBC investigation last year into allegations of child sexual abuse spanning decades within The Truth church.

The FBI has since launched an investigation into the allegations.

Babies who spoke to the BBC say the adoption system involved very little vetting and this set-up the potential for abusive situations.

Sherlene Eicher , 63 , from Iowa , says she never stopped thinking about the daughter she felt her parents pressured her to give up in 1982 .

Deb Adadjo , 54 , was also unsure about giving up her baby, but felt too much pressure at the time to refuse the workers, who threatened to ban her from church meetings.

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informal

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English

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35

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