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Listening to the Liz talking about being specific, having credential, being timely, blah blah blah.

That certainly was NOT my experience with this girl who was being abused.  (see comment above.)

posted 3 years, 4 months ago
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About 5 years ago I was assisting at a day camp.  There  was a 9 or 10 year old girl who was acting out in a highly sexualized manner.  As a Pastor I'm a mandatory reporter.

We discussed the behavior in staff and decided to call protective services.  I told the case worker the age of the child and the behavior and my suspicions.

She said, "Have you told her parents?"

There was a moment of stunned silence on my part.

"What if her parents are the abusers?" I asked.

I was told the agency could do nothing until the parents were notified.

FORTUNATELY the parents were NOT the abusers.  (She had been abused.)  They were responsible and the outcome was positive.

But I still cannot believe that the case worker was correct; not after all of the stories of parental abuse.

posted 3 years, 4 months ago
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1. Credibility -- He lied about the over 18 relationship. His credibility pre-18 is seriously suspect.
2. Were this a heterosexual incident and it was a 40 something and an 18 year old young woman, he would have been hounded out of town by now.

posted 4 years, 4 months ago
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