Patrick Shank was recently promoted to head archivist at the Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia following the retirement of Shawn Weldon who had served in the role at the center for more than 30 years.
A 79-year-old mother from the United States has launched a desperate search for the son she gave up for adoption in Scotland in the 1960s and has highlighted the plight of the “forgotten people” who were separated from their children at birth given social attitudes of the day.