by Anna Rees Green, Premier
The daughters of a Swedish Christian family at the centre of a religious freedom battle could be put up for adoption, according to the organisation Alliance Defending Freedom.
Daniel and Bianca Samson have been seperated from their daughters for three years, after the eldest complained to teachers that her conservative Christian parents wouldn’t let her wear makeup or have a mobile phone.
Social services stated that the Samsons’ regular attendance at church three times a week would corroborate the “religious extremism” accusations. The girls were taken into care in December 2022.
The daughter later retracted her complaint against her parents, insisting that she wanted to remain with her family. However, the girls have not been allowed to return home.
The Alliance Defending Freedom International, which has championed the family’s case, says they now risk having all contact with their parents cut.
“Unfortunately, we received a communication from the social services in the community of Hasselholm,” said legal counsel Guillermo A. Morales Sancho. “What they want is the total restriction of contact with the parents, with the idea of putting the girls into adoptions in the future.”