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Foster Orgy
June 18, 2012 permalink
Prince Edward CAS, which has already had three foster homes accused of sexual misconduct with the children, will soon have a fourth.
The website of The Children's Aid Society of the County of Prince Edward gives no clue about the number of children in their care. A pro-rata allocation of Ontario's foster children to Prince Edward County's 25,258 residents would give them 33. At four kids per home, half of Prince Edward's foster kids could have been in the care of sexual abusers. These abuses are not trifles. The one victim in touch with fixcas reports involuntary sexual intercourse.
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More foster parent charges coming: official
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY - Scrutiny of a child welfare agency could get worse as yet another foster parent is about to face sex crime charges in Prince Edward County.
A confidential source informed The Intelligencer that charges of a “sexual nature” will be laid against another County foster parent in the coming days.
The source expects the accused to be held and charged shortly but could not provide any details about the extent of the charges or how they came about. More information will be provided once the charges are laid.
The source said the charges contradict recent public utterances made by Bill Sweet, the County Children’s Aid Society executive director, who, while remaining mum about his knowledge of any ongoing investigations, said "I do not believe that there are any other (active) cases (investigations)" being managed by the society.
News of the impending charges comes at the time when the agency has been grappling to fend off concerns about the society's foster care program, which was the subject of a December government probe that resulted in the drafting of numerous recommendations on how to boost vigilance and transparency.
Officials from the Ministry of Children and Youth Services drafted a number of reforms, including the need for improved documentation, at the Picton-based child welfare entity.
The current allegations also arrive in the wake of convictions being levied against three child predators in recent months, who were found guilty of continuously sexually abusing children entrusted into their care by the County CAS. Some of the victims were as young as nine and 10 when the abuse started.
Information gleaned from sources does indicate a recent ministry-led probe of the Prince Edward County Children's Aid Society is a contributing factor behind much of the charges that have been meted out against former foster parents so far this year.
The latest accused will be the second foster parent to be charged this year alone.
The internal shake-up also led to sexual assault charges being levied against Ronald Slatter, 63, of Bloomfield, another former foster parent who is expected to appear in court June 20.
A 71-year-old Bloomfield foster father, who can't be named because of a court order to protect the victims, is facing a harsh prison term after a jury found him guilty of sexually assaulting two girls placed in his care. He will be sentenced on July 6.
Back in November, a Bloomfield couple was sentenced to seven years combined for what a superior court judge described as turning their foster home into a "sexual cult."
“I hope the public demands there be an inquiry into what took place at the home," Justice Geoff Griffin said during the sentencing of Joe, 48, and Janet Holm, 45.
Source: Belleville Intelligencer
