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22 September, 2004
22 September 2004Miracle Babies: The BBC's Ishbel Matheson speaks with Kenyan mothers who believe their children were stolen in connection with the Gilbert Deya Ministry "Miracle Baby" scandal. Deya, an evangelical pastor and self-described "Archbishop" based in England, claims that infertile women in his church were miraculously impregnated through the power of prayer -- in some cases without having had sex -- and after a gestation period of just a few months, flew to Kenya to give birth. DNA tests have proved that the children in question were the offspring of poor Kenyan mothers who had given birth in Nairobi hospitals, and then often told that their babies had died. Kenyan officials have charged Deya and his wife with child trafficking and hope to extradite him for trial.
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