The family flew out to New York on 27 December. When Ms Bray began coughing later that day, she initially put it down to her asthma and the air conditioning on the flight.

The following night, she became more unwell with laboured breathing and was admitted to the Queen’s Medical Centre in Harlem.

But Ms Bray was told her daughters could not stay with her at the hospital as they were minors.

“A doctor told me they would make the arrangements, then a few hours later a social worker arrived and said they’d try to find a foster family for the girls,” she said.

“Instead of that they were taken to a orphanage and subjected to the kind of treatment you wouldn’t even expect criminals to go through.”

There’s just too much horrifying information in this article. I can’t except a ‘most shocking’ section because it’s all shocking. Read on for yourself.

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