Boston Archdiocese announces an end to their providing adoption services.
"Catholic Charities of Boston To Discontinue Adoption Services," Statement by Boston Archdiocese, March 10, 20016, accessed February 25, 2021
"We have encountered a dilemma we cannot resolve,” said a joint statement of Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, president, and Jeffrey Kaneb, chair of the board of trustees. “In spite of much effort and analysis, Catholic Charities finds that it cannot reconcile the teaching of the Church, which guides our work and the statutes and regulations of the Commonwealth."