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I read the "Family" section of the Guardian each week. As it deals with parents, children, and grandchildren mostly, you wouldn't think that it would be of much interest to a gay man. However, I suppose that I am a son and brother (not an uncle, unfortunately), so I find it very interesting and a compelling read.

This week there is an article about Philomena Lee and her search for her son, adopted out against her will when she gave birth "out of wedlock" in an Irish convent.

I don't know whether you will, but I know that I did shed a tear upon reading it. The Irish Roman Catholic church has many things to answer for: the Magdalen Laundries are but one example of the cruelties that were visited upon Irish Catholics by the priests, brothers, and nuns in the name of religion.

Oh, and there is a gay angle to it. Read it and find out.