My wife's 'unadoptable' baby was left to die at unmarried mothers' home

My wife's 'unadoptable' baby was left to die at unmarried mothers' homeJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleRoger Johnson,Presenter, BBC North West Tonight ,Sallie GeorgeandWilliam Higgens,North East & Cumbria Investigations BBCSteve Hindley says it has become his life's mission to uncover the truth about St Monica's Maternity HomeSick babies – who were considered unsuitable for adoption – were allowed to die at a church-run mother and baby home in Cumbria, according to a new study of documents by a leading academic. The findings have been welcomed by one man who has fought for years to uncover the truth of what happened there.Warning: This story contains distressing details"She genuinely thought she was a wicked person. She thought she was worthless, and that's how she spent the rest of her life."Steve Hindley's wife Judith struggled to talk about what happened to her as a teenager when she was sent, pregnant and terrified, to a home for unmarried mothers in Kendal, Cumbria. Judith said she had become pregnant after being raped. She was one of tens of thousands of young girls and women sent away to have their babies, hidden from society due to the shame of their unmarried status. Many had their babies forcibly adopted.Judith's son Stephen was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus at St Monica's Maternity Home in January 1964. Despite her pleading for medical attention, he died 11 weeks later, having been denied hospital treatment.Stephen HindleySteve Hindley is determined to get justice for Judith and StephenOne of the country's leading experts in homes for unmarried mothers has spent months piecing together surviving records about St Monica's, which was run by the Church of England.Dr Michael Lambert, a lecturer in medical humanities at Lancaster University, studied hundreds of national and regional archive documents to build a picture of how and why Stephen Holt - and other infants...