Protesters gathered at the Swedish Embassy in DC as Romania's Senate demands Sweden return Sara and Tiana Samson By Kristine Parks , Cortney O'Brien
Protesters gathered at the Swedish Embassy in DC as Romania’s Senate demands Sweden return Sara and Tiana Samson
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Christian parents whose two daughters were seized by the Swedish government more than three years ago brought their custody battle to Washington, D.C., on Friday.
A crowd of Romanian Americans gathered outside the Swedish Embassy in Washington on Friday morning to show their support for Daniel and Bianca Samson, Christian parents who have been separated from their daughters, Sara and Tiana, since December 2022.
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The case has drawn international outrage and support from the Romanian government. Romanian Sen. Titus Corlatean and Chicago Pastor Cristian Ionescu traveled to speak at the D.C. rally, which coincides with similar demonstrations planned this week in Brisbane, Stockholm, London and Copenhagen.
Ionescu, the senior pastor of Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church and president of the Romanian Pentecostal Churches’ Union in the United States, told Fox News Digital he hopes the same sort of government overreach won’t come to the U.S. But after fleeing communism in Romania 40 years ago, he says he’s alarmed by the rise of socialism in political races across the country.
“I see a surge of socialist and communist politicians and this is always associated with a totalitarian society,” Ionescu said. “In Romania, they didn’t confiscate the children from the families, but they were trying to educate them in a worldview and in a system contrary to Christian values, and parents that did not cooperate were persecuted.”
“I hope I will never see this in America,” he continued. “This is why I left Romania almost 40 years ago. America used to be a cradle of true civilization, Christianity. Now it’s changing and not for the better, but I hope we will still hold the front line.”
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