Posted on 10/04/2006 11:35:52 AM PDT by lizol
'Abused' girl sent back to Belarus
Barbara McMahon in Rome
Monday October 2, 2006 The Guardian
A 10-year-old girl, who said she was sexually abused and beaten at an orphanage in her native Belarus, has been sent back to the former Soviet republic from Italy amid bitter recriminations from the couple who had hoped to adopt her.
Alessandro Giusto and his wife, Chiara Bornacin, denounced the Italian authorities for agreeing to the repatriation. The child has been at the centre of a case that has strained relations between the two countries. "They took her away like thieves, hidden, without even her clothes, without saying goodbye to those who love her. It's disgusting, disgusting. I'm ashamed to be Italian," said Ms Bornacin.
The girl, known only as Maria to protect her identity, had spent summers with the couple for the past four years, one of thousands of Belarusian children who have benefited from a programme set up after the Chernobyl nuclear accident. She had been due to return to Belarus last month, but was sent into hiding by the couple after telling them she had been abused.
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In case anyone was wondering what Janet Reno has been doing with her time, looks like she's working for the Italians.
It happened here too, but it was a little boy.
Belarus is a Stalinist 1950's style soviet hell hole. I have no doubt that her story was true. May God have mercy on this poor little girl. Please pray I have no doubt she will continue to be abused.
Sadly you are probably correct. Doesn't it seem strange that a country would find an orphan so valuable that they would steal her back? They must like to have to support (brain wash) these kids in their orphanages. Any decent person would be glad the kid found a loving home to live in.
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