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“Their parents deserted them.... but they kept it a secret!”
3 young children living in commission flats in Melbourne are left to try and fend for themselves, after their alcoholic Dad leaves them.
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Released
Original Language
EN
Forbes Townsend
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
