Please pray! Man arrested on false accusations

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My friend’s aunt and uncle are foster parents to three wonderful kids aged 9,7 and 5. Their biological parents are drug addicts that have failed to get their act together despite countless deadline extensions for over 4 years now. It was almost certain that the aunt and uncle would get full custody of the children.

Suddenly, social services came unexpectedly and took away the kids saying that someone had made an accusation that the uncle was a child molester for the past 6 years. Although it’s not known for certain, it’s a good bet that the biological parents got a friend to make the accusation in a last ditch effort to prevent the foster parents from getting full custody (rather than just staying clean).

Shortly thereafter, the police came by and arrested the uncle, not allowing him to even put on shoes, and are currently denying him any contact with anyone (including his lawyer). He is still currently in jail.

These allegations are completely and utterly false and this poor man is suffering for no reason. Please keep him, his family and most importantly the children in your prayers!
 
Prayer for all involved, including the police:

:signofcross:

Oh, my Jesus,
Forgive us our sins,
Save us from the fires of hell,
Lead all souls to Heaven,
Especially those which have
Most need of thy mercies.
Amen.

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smichhertz said:
My friend’s aunt and uncle are foster parents to three wonderful kids aged 9,7 and 5. Their biological parents are drug addicts that have failed to get their act together despite countless deadline extensions for over 4 years now. It was almost certain that the aunt and uncle would get full custody of the children.

Suddenly, social services came unexpectedly and took away the kids saying that someone had made an accusation that the uncle was a child molester for the past 6 years. Although it’s not known for certain, it’s a good bet that the biological parents got a friend to make the accusation in a last ditch effort to prevent the foster parents from getting full custody (rather than just staying clean).

Shortly thereafter, the police came by and arrested the uncle, not allowing him to even put on shoes, and are currently denying him any contact with anyone (including his lawyer). He is still currently in jail.

These allegations are completely and utterly false and this poor man is suffering for no reason. Please keep him, his family and most importantly the children in your prayers!
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In what country is this?!
 
So someone can just say someone is a child molester and a person can get arrested without any other evidence whatsoever? That seems stupid.
 
Link0126 said:
So someone can just say someone is a child molester and a person can get arrested without any other evidence whatsoever? That seems stupid.
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I’m right with you there.

My guess is because he is a foster parent, and registered with social services, they can legally detain him. Just a guess though. I don’t understand why his lawyer is unable to reach him. I’m trying to get an update on the situation, but have not gotten anything back so far.
 
Lord, please console, strengthen, and give hope to this man in the shocking and sad situation. He will be so scared and alone, worrying about how to clear his name. He and his wife will now be heartbroken and scared about her husband also regarding the children.
Loving God it is so easy to falsely accused and so difficult to prove innocence. Somehow please make his innocence abundantly clear very soon. Please don’t allow this family to remain in this anguish for long.
Please ensure that the lies are very quickly uncovered.
 
Our Father, who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come
The Will be done,
On Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
Forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil.
Amen
 
smichhertz said:
I’m right with you there.

My guess is because he is a foster parent, and registered with social services, they can legally detain him. Just a guess though. I don’t understand why his lawyer is unable to reach him. I’m trying to get an update on the situation, but have not gotten anything back so far.
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In some areas it seems social services, while meaning well and trying to protect children, has developed an extra-legal system that operates outside the confines of normal law. They can essentially ruin a person’s life and career without having to submit to the legal process, while keeping things in-house and within their hearings system. So, maybe this person will never be charged with anything or even arrested but the allegations will be allowed to hang out there like a black cloud and he’ll never be a foster parent again and perhaps that judgment will show up on background checks and people will wonder what happened.

There was a case in Western PA I remember hearing about where a man in his late 20s or early 30s had two children with an estranged wife and eventually they divorced. The mother was on drugs and alcohol so custody was given to the father. He had a babysitter that was over 18 at the time working for him and had known the family for a while. At some point the man and babysitter had a relationship. The mother of this young woman found out and called the police. The police investigated and said “sorry she’s over 18, there’s nothing we can do. Just drop it.”

Not to be deterred she called youth services and made horrible allegations about the father and his children. Youth services swooped in and removed the children from his custody immediately, he was arrested and put in jail. Psychological exams on the father said he was an unlikely offender, there was no other history and would unlikely offend in the future – in plain words he wasn’t a threat. However, he wouldn’t take a plea deal with the DA for some lowered charges and a promise to only put him on Megan’s list for a limited time. So he’s out on bail and eventually all charges are dropped yet youth services maintaines this black mark against as an administrative issue, only allowing him extremely supervised visits.

The last I’d heard he was suing to have that removed and get full custody. But it shows how an administrative system can be used to exact harsher punishment without the law and in ways a hearing in court would be able to prevent.

ChadS
 
So many innocent people suffer at the whims and cruelty of others. Please, Lord, you understand injustice. Help those innocent victims caught in this lie to once again be able to live their lives free and happy. Thank You.
 
ChadS said:
In some areas it seems social services, while meaning well and trying to protect children, has developed an extra-legal system that operates outside the confines of normal law. They can essentially ruin a person’s life and career without having to submit to the legal process, while keeping things in-house and within their hearings system. So, maybe this person will never be charged with anything or even arrested but the allegations will be allowed to hang out there like a black cloud and he’ll never be a foster parent again and perhaps that judgment will show up on background checks and people will wonder what happened.

There was a case in Western PA I remember hearing about where a man in his late 20s or early 30s had two children with an estranged wife and eventually they divorced. The mother was on drugs and alcohol so custody was given to the father. He had a babysitter that was over 18 at the time working for him and had known the family for a while. At some point the man and babysitter had a relationship. The mother of this young woman found out and called the police. The police investigated and said “sorry she’s over 18, there’s nothing we can do. Just drop it.”

Not to be deterred she called youth services and made horrible allegations about the father and his children. Youth services swooped in and removed the children from his custody immediately, he was arrested and put in jail. Psychological exams on the father said he was an unlikely offender, there was no other history and would unlikely offend in the future – in plain words he wasn’t a threat. However, he wouldn’t take a plea deal with the DA for some lowered charges and a promise to only put him on Megan’s list for a limited time. So he’s out on bail and eventually all charges are dropped yet youth services maintaines this black mark against as an administrative issue, only allowing him extremely supervised visits.

The last I’d heard he was suing to have that removed and get full custody. But it shows how an administrative system can be used to exact harsher punishment without the law and in ways a hearing in court would be able to prevent.

ChadS
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That’s horrible, I’ll be sure to say a prayer for him. Thank you for sharing this story, I found it a little unbelievable myself at first that something like this could happen. It seems like this isn’t an isolated incident after all. I understand that child protective services exists for a reason, but to just detain someone on a baseless accusation is ridiculous.

Thanks to everyone for your prayers, I will continue to keep the thread updated.
 
Praying from today’s Liturgy of the Hours:

Short Responsory
He himself will free me from the hunter’s snare.
– He himself will free me from the hunter’s snare.
And from evil slander.
– He himself will free me from the hunter’s snare.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
– He himself will free me from the hunter’s snare.
 
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen
 
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