Angela Patrick's 8-week-old son was sleeping peacefully on that day in 1964 when he was taken out of her arms.
The new mother -- then 19 -- had been living in a Catholic home near London for unmarried women who had committed the ultimate sin and become pregnant. Two months after giving birth, a taxi took her to an adoption charity, where a woman carried Patrick's baby, Paul, into a room to meet his potential new parents.
"She came back in and she didn't have my baby with her," Patrick said, tears filling her eyes as she recounted the day in a new documentary. "She said, 'you can go when you're ready.'"...
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