About this episode
Brendan Watkins shares his journey of discovering the truth about his adoption and biological parents, revealing complex emotions and societal issues.
With special guest: Brendan Watkins … in conversation with Bill Kable The title of this book Tell No One has an ominous ring to it. We can imagine sex offenders threatening their victims should the story ever get out. As Brendan discovered there may also be another reason for this instruction involving a power imbalance. Brendan knew at a young age that he had been adopted but when he started looking for his biological parents he did not know if his conception may have resulted from a sexual offence or young love or something else. One thing that kept driving Brendan was his desire to know the truth wherever that may lead. The first part of his story was surprising. His mother had been 27 when Brendan was born so she was not the teenager in trouble who adopts out her child under pressure from her family. Then the shock of finding out that his mother had been a nun, a bride of Christ. Having made this discovery Brendan was mightily disappointed when the Catholic agency acting as intermediary advised that his mother said they must never meet. Podcast (mp3)
People in this episode
Host: Bill Kable
Guest: Brendan Watkins
Topics covered
- adoption
- biological parents
- sexual offense
- power imbalance
- truth seeking
Keywords
- adoption
- biological parents
- sexual offense
- power imbalance
- truth
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Catholic agency
Books & works: Tell No One
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