Man stolen as baby reunites with mom 41 years later

A Chilean-born American stolen from his biological parents reunited with his mother after 41 years. CNN reports Travis Tolliver grew up believing he was an abandoned baby adopted by an American couple in Washington state. His adoptive parents had no knowledge of what had happened, while his biological mother desperately tried to find him. Tolliver was stolen only hours after his birth. A probe by Chilean authorities reveal thousands of babies were stolen and sent off to be adopted illegally during the 1970s and 1980s. A priest named Gerardo Joannon is accused of acting as a conduit between affluent families in Chile and adoptive parents as a part of a scheme also involving doctors, nurses and nuns in the 1970s.

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