I had the great privilege to talk about the book with Mark and Keren Riley of ReUnite Uganda, an incredible family preservation organization in Uganda.
I know that some in the ‘pro-adoption’ movement will dismiss some of the stories in ‘catchers’ as extreme and not representative of the ‘greater good’ of international adoption, but I challenge them, come to Uganda and see what we see everyday, come and speak with the growing number of birth families who realising the ‘actual’ consequences of international adoption, come and see the level of corruption in the economy being created around international adoption, come and see the growing number of institutionalised children as a result of international adoption and agency funded orphanages, come and see the shady ‘middlemen’ who a find children for well-intentioned US citizens. Come and see.If James 1:27 is the mandate for the ‘orphan care’ movement then let me, just for a moment, climb into a pulpit and preach the rest of the verse “and to keep one self from being polluted by the world”. It seems that much of the orphan care movement is rooted in deception, lies, egos and criminality then I am afraid that people are misinterpreting the scriptures and doing far more damage than good.
