Women who were once members of a secretive Christian sect in the United States have told the BBC they were coerced by the church into giving up their children for adoption. Hundreds of adoptions could have taken place between the 1950s and 1990s, say former members. Some of the children who were adopted within the church have told us they were then subjected to abuse and neglect in their adoptive families. The claims follow a BBC investigation last year into allegations of child sexual abuse spanning decades within the church, which is believed to have up to 100,000 members worldwide and is often referred to as The Truth or the Two by Twos. The FBI has since launched an investigation.
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