BELGIUM-FRANCE-ADOPTION-RELIGION

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ALIX RIJCKAERT Ritje Schouppe poses during an interview in Borsbeek, Belgium, on January 23, 2015. When Ritje held her "baby" in her arms for the first time, he was 43 years old. Since then, this sexagenarian who was forced to abandon the child she gave birth to after being raped, has been fighting to shed light on the scandal of thousands of forced adoptions, especially in Flanders, with the compliticy of the Catholic Church. Ritje is part of the Mater Matuta assocation, according to which some 30,000 children were taken away from their mothers and put in Catholic religious institutions to be offered up for adoption. AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ALIX RIJCKAERT Ritje Schouppe poses during an interview in Borsbeek, Belgium, on January 23, 2015. When Ritje held her "baby" in her arms for the first time, he was 43 years old. Since then, this sexagenarian who was forced to abandon the child she gave birth to after being raped, has been fighting to shed light on the scandal of thousands of forced adoptions, especially in Flanders, with the compliticy of the Catholic Church. Ritje is part of the Mater Matuta assocation, according to which some 30,000 children were taken away from their mothers and put in Catholic religious institutions to be offered up for adoption. AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)
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