Steve Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I have a very dear friend Michelle who was abused by her father, and when
she told me, it changed how I vied virtually everything, and now it is her
husband who pays for what he did to her, thats one of the most sickening
things I have ever heard..................
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 7:03 PM
Subject: L&I Incest survivors seek protection
>Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>All I can say is it's about damn time!
>
>Incest survivors have urged California legislators to pass legal
>protections for children who are placed in their abusers' custody.
>
>The Incest Survivors Speakers Bureau of Yolo County held a statehouse
>news conference on the problem today and promoted legislation addressing
>it.
>
>Shari Karney, a victim's rights attorney whose own incest story was
>portrayed in an NBC TV movie, ``Shattered Trust,'' said she's been
>unable to save a single child from sexual abuse -- despite hundreds of
>calls from distraught mothers.
>
>Says Karney: ``The judge in case after case has sent the child back
>into the hands of the abuser.''
>
>Mothers told of courts awarding children to abusive fathers and other
>relatives despite evidence that they had sexually assaulted them.
>
>Shira Dee of Los Banos told UPI that authorities confirmed abuse
>against her 4- and 3-year-old daughters in 1993, but she lost them to
>her ex-husband a few years later after she refused to allow unsupervised
>visits -- despite a hospital's finding that they'd been raped.
>
>A bill introduced by Assemblyman Tom Torlakson, D-Antioch, would
>require perpetrators in court cases to prove a youngster would be safe
>in his care -- if there's evidence of child sexual abuse against him.
>
>Child advocates also are backing a proposal to have judges undergo
>training on the incest issue.
>--
>Kathy E
>"I can only please one person a day, today is NOT your day, and tomorrow
>isn't looking too good for you either"
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