ITV viewers bawling at Irish couple s teary reunion with long lost son who can no longer understand them
Their son was given to a Spanish family as a baby by Catholic adoption agency 40 years ago
Verity Sulway
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The emotional moment when an Irish couple are finally reunited with the son they had sought for more than 40 years was the highlight of last night s Long Lost Family TV show.
Phyllis and Kevin Haran, from Co Clare, are seen in tears as they finally meet their now adult first-born son.
As a baby Sean, as the couple called him, had been given to a Spanish family by a Catholic adoption agency.
Despite promises to return him to his young parents once they were more stable, they never saw him again.
The couple had fallen in love as teenagers in Ireland in the 1970s but Phyllis soon became pregnant, and aware of the scandal this would cause, the pair fled their Catholic community and travelled to England.
Phyllis and Kevin Haran made the agonising decision to put their baby's wellbeing first, then made a devastating discovery when they went to get him back