Wales: Church forced to withdraw from adoption

By Simon Caldwell
19 September 2008

New gay rights law are forcing the Church to pull out of adoption services in every diocese in Wales.

The St David's Children's Society, which covers the three Welsh dioceses of Cardiff, Menevia and Wrexham, will cut ties with the bishops and become an independent charity so it can comply with the Sexual Orientation Regulations.

It is the third largest of the 13 Catholic adoption agencies in England and Wales and finds new families for about 35 children a year - about 14 per cent of all cases in Wales.

Its loss will be a massive blow to the Church, which founded the society in 1947. the rest

Adoption agencies split from Church over Sexual Orientation Regulations