Written OCT 94 by Nancy Eddy
I'd like some of your thoughts and impressions of the abuse that my
family and I have suffered at the hands of various govenmental agen-
cies over the last two years.  This is our story.  I will try to be
brief, but it's not a simple story.
Let me begin by saying that our daughter, who is now 16 years old, is
retarded and was, until this year, in Special Ed in the local schools.
About a month before all Hell broke loose, her father was talking to
her teacher on the telephone about her crush on another student who
didn't like her, and she told him that they had discussed bad touches
as a class, and that our daughter had told her that no one had ever
done anything like that to her.  Not long after, my husband called the
school to complain that she wasn't being closely enough supervised by
the school, and possibly made a few enemies.
Almost two years ago, I was at work and received a telephone call from
the local Child Protective Services agency.  The woman insisted that I
leave work and get my family and be in her office within the hour.  Ter-
rified by the idea of CPS, I left, putting my job in jeopardy, and went
to collect my husband, daughter, and son.  At the office, the woman
still refused to tell us why we were there, and took our daughter into
her office to talk.  She kept her there for two hours, at one point cal-
ling me in to verify a point, telling me that our daughter had claimed
that Daddy had hurt her in a private spot.  I tried to tell her that the
child was easily confused, that there was a reason for what she was say-
ing, but the woman ushered me out, refusing to listen.  She took our
son in and spoke to him for a grand total of maybe ten minutes, before
coming back out to get me.  She told me that there had been a report
that Stacy had told someone that Daddy had touched her, and she refused
to listen to me, sending me back out so she could talk to my husband.
He was as shocked as I was, and the allegation almost destroyed him.
The woman told us that he had to leave the house that night and not
see either of the children again until they decided he could.  She
gave us telephone numbers for counselors, saying that they would pay
for mine and our daughter's-that he would have to pay for his.  She
told us that the police investigator would be in touch within days-
it's been almost two years, and none of us have talked to any inves-
tigator except for CPS's.  She let us leave together, and I saw
no sign of anyone following to insure that he left the house as agreed.
But he did go to stay in a spare room where he was working, and we
began to try and maintain two separate households, which quickly de-
pleted our until then growing savings.  Our daughter told us that a
teacher's aide (not even a real teacher, and certainly not a trained
investigator) had asked her questions about Daddy that day, and from
that we discovered who had most likely called CPS-but not the Police,
strangely enough.
(Continued in next post)
... Save the children, Teach them at Home!!!
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