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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Occult ritual abuse and pedophilia
In the early 1990s, John DeCamp wrote The Franklin Cover-Up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska, which detailed a pedophile ring used to service and blackmail politicians and other elites, engage in Satanic rituals, and other illegal, disgusting behavior.
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This pedophile ring was centered in my hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, but was linked to politicians and other high-profile individuals all across the country, even in the White House.
How prevalent is Occult ritual child abuse, Satanism, and pedophilia? These operations are often very well organized, involving elements of the government, police, judicial system, and other elites and (supposedly) respected members of the community, like teachers. Many participants, especially the high level ones, in these disgusting activities seem to be protected by the media and law enforcement agencies.
Yesterday, in the Jeruaelem Post, we read:
Police rearrested nine people involved in a well-known Jerusalem Breslov cult suspected of sexual and emotional abuse of cult members, after the head of the cult attempted to interfere with the investigation by hiding some of the state’s witnesses, police said Monday.In Los Angeles, two teachers have recently been arrested for child sexual abuse:
Four of the men were ordered held in remand by the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court Monday, and five more suspects will be remanded on Tuesday. The four men were remanded for five days while police continue their investigation. They are suspected of harassment of witnesses and intention to commit a crime, in addition to multiple counts of sexual abuse, child abuse, slavery, rape and imprisonment from their treatment of the women and children.
A second teacher has been arrested at a Los Angeles school after a fellow staff member was charged with taking bondage-style photographs of children.Same story, again and again. Check out Jeff Rense's interview with Linda Stone for more information regarding Satanic ritual abuse and Linda's personal experience with it:
Martin Springer, 49, is suspected of sexually abusing young children at the Miramonte elementary school over the past three years.
The arrest, on Friday, comes four days after teacher Mark Berndt was charged with committing lewd acts on 23 children at the same school.
Captain Mike Parker of the Los Angeles county sheriffs said the two cases were not thought to be connected. Springer was being held on $2m (£1.27m) bail.
Berndt, who worked at the school for 32 years, was charged with committing lewd acts on 23 children, aged 6 to 10, between 2005 and 2010. It is alleged he photographed and sexually abused the children while they were blindfolded.
[see Rense/Stone YTs in reply 93]
yes and now the children will go to phsycology counselling where it will begin all over again.
@ Icke's site:
FREE ROBERT GREEN
Friday, 17 February 2012 18:58
Breaking news ... Robert Green, one of the most decent people you could ever wish to meet, has been jailed for 12 months as a consequence of his campaign to secure justice for Hollie Greig and a proper investigation (the first) into her claims to have been sexually and violently abused by members of the Scottish establishment.
He has been jailed for a breach of the peace - handing out leaflets. Robert was not convicted by a jury, but by a single judge called Bowen who also delivered the sentence.
We must not let this drop and allow Robert to be forgotten. A terrible injustice has been done here. Robert has apparently asked that people contact this Member of Parliament at david.mowat.mp@parliament.uk
FREE ROBERT GREEN
Compare Robert's sentence in Scotland with this one of a man convicted of owning 50,000 images of child pornography
as linked in the Icke post above, Green's final blog- posted 2 days before his sentencing to one year prison, speaks volumes about the depth of corruption,
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Trial on Friday, 17th February
This will be my last blog prior to the impending trial.
Since it is difficult to predict what may occur, I would again like to take this opportunity of thanking all of those wonderful people who have supported Hollie, Anne and me throughout this campaign and to those who have attended my many court hearings. To those of you who may be able to come along on Friday, I shall be most grateful and pleased to see you.
My fate is not in the hands of a jury, but of one man, Sheriff Principal Edward Bowen.
Since the trial, it has been discovered that this individual lacked the professional and personal integrity to divulge his relationship, for over ten years, on the board of an organisation with a fellow member who had been cited as a witness for the defence. This relationship on the board lasted until May last year, when Bowen and the cited witness left within 24 hours of each other. Thus, it is reasonable to believe that the two were at least, fairly well acquainted.
Moreover, on Bowen`s intercession, the witness, Elish Angiolini, was prevented from having to attend court and provide answers on oath under cross-examination, hence displaying the prospect of disadvantaging the defence. Given that justice needs to be seen to be done, it would be difficult to argue against the view that Sheriff Bowen was not competent to adjudicate at the trial, owing to a reasonable supposition that a conflict of interest may well be seen to exist.
A formal complaint has been lodged with the appropriate authorities, which has been formally acknowledged today and Bowen will be challenged in court in connection with his failure to disclose. One would hope that under Scottish Law, the requirement to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth in court extends to members of the judiciary.
Bowen`s conduct so far has been instrumental in my having a criminal record inflicted upon me and the prospect of a prison sentence, quite apart from the way my human rights have been persistently breached from the time of my initial arrest.
It may be a good time to note, in comparison, a few examples of how actual sex offenders in Scotland are treated.
This week it was announced that Liam Gibson, described as one of Scotland`s most notorious purveyors of child pornography, was spared a jail sentence despite Lothian & Borders Police discovering 50,000 images of child pornography at his home.
In 2009, Douglas Haggarty QC, a senior member of the Legal Aid Board with the responsibility and influence in deciding if I should be granted legal aid, was found to have committed a sexual act with a 17-year-old male prostitute in the public toilet of British Home Stores, St Enoch Centre, Glasgow on a Saturday afternoon at a time when the store was full of families out shopping. Mr Haggarty was not only spared prison, but was allowed to retain his lucrative job in a position of public trust.
In 2001, when Elish Angiolini was busy covering up over Hollie`s allegations, in an unrelated case, a 22-year-old man who admitted to raping a 10-year-old girl and 7-year-old boy was allowed to walk free. This was reported in The Times and The Telegraph in May of that year. Angiolini was subsequently forced into a public apology for her incompetence. This monumental blunder did not prevent her climbing to the highest office in the justice system.
Then, of course, we can mention the repeated Grampian Police and Crown Office failings over the Hollie Greig case. At the outset, Hollie`s father should have been arrested and had his computer seized, as Dr Frances Kelly`s medical examination, accepted by Grampian Police, supported Hollie`s allegations within three weeks of Hollie first making them in May 2000.
All this may be of some interest when my sentence is announced. In this Kafkaesque country, where right is wrong and wrong is right , the indications are that anyone who exposes police failures and tries to protect children from being raped is likely to be much more seriously dealt with than the actual perpetrators.
The eminent Ian Hamilton QC described the way that Scotland is currently being governed as being akin to fascism. It is an opinion that is not easy to disagree with.
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Scotland is a fine country with some of the most decent and humane people you are likely to find anywhere on Earth. It is so sad that its governance has fallen into the hands of a cabal whose members have characters that are diametrically at odds with the best traditions of those of the overwhelming majority of Scottish people.
Thank you all and God bless you.
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re Robert Green, I haven't listened to this yet, Icke posted today, looks like 64 mins, aired live Feb 6:
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here's the UK Column article linked above,Quote:
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Lou Collins interviews Robert Green about the Hollie Greig Case and his own recent legal battles. Lou's co - host is James BritPod. Recorded February 6th 2012.
Update : ROBERT GREEN has been jailed for a YEAR for exposing the Hollie Greig cover-up. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/o...reen-petition/ PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE !! THANKS
Robert will be in court, again, on Friday the 17th February, 2012 at Stonehaven Court, Aberdeenshire and would appreciate any support.....
Robert Green Convicted In Court With No Jury
On Tuesday, 24th January in Stonehaven Court, Scotland, Robert Green was found guilty of Breach of the Peace, and breaking some of his bail conditions. Three other charges were dropped.
Article | January 25, 2012 - 10:54pm
Barely reported in the mainstream press, this man has been found guilty of 'crimes' for daring to expose the facts concerning the rape and abuse of Hollie Greig at the hands of senior members of the Scottish establishment. Even before the latest 6 day hearing, the Scottish 'justice' system had spent over £500,000 trying to shut Robert up.
Far from helping him to investigate the abuses and bring forward evidence already existing, Robert was subjected to a clear collaborative campaign by the Scottish State system. The criminal conspiracy reaches to the very top of Scotland's government and following the case it now makes Scotland the paedophile capital of the world. Do as you like and the state will protect you.
Reports from the public who were present state:
Robert Green did not receive a fair trial. There was no jury and he was denied key witnesses for the defence. Dame Elish Angiolini was clearly too important in the elite system to appear despite the fact that the failure to bring abusers to account occurred under her hand. Presiding Sheriff Principal Bowen simply accepted an objection by the Prosecution that she was irrelevant to the case. Robert had already been denied the Procurator Fiscal Stephen McGowan as a witness for the defence, despite unanimous support for his citation by all his legal representatives, past and present.
http://www.ukcolumn.org/article/robe...-court-no-jury
http://holliegreig.info/
http://holliedemandsjustice.org/
Lou Collins Radio Show is on air every Monday, 11 am GMT ( UK ) at http://www.soundartradio.org.uk/
Robert Green Convicted In Court With No Jury
Scotland Proves Itself To Be Paedophile Capital Of The World
On Tuesday, 24th January in Stonehaven Court, Scotland, Robert Green was found guilty of Breach of the Peace, and breaking some of his bail conditions. Three other charges were dropped.
Article | January 25, 2012 - 10:54pm Barely reported in the mainstream press, this man has been found guilty of ‘crimes’ for daring to expose the facts concerning the rape and abuse of Hollie Greig at the hands of senior members of the Scottish establishment. Even before the latest 6 day hearing, the Scottish ‘justice’ system had spent over £500,000 trying to shut Robert up.
Far from helping him to investigate the abuses and bring forward evidence already existing, Robert was subjected to a clear collaborative campaign by the Scottish State system. The criminal conspiracy reaches to the very top of Scotland’s government and following the case it now makes Scotland the paedophile capital of the world. Do as you like and the state will protect you.
Reports from the public who were present state:
Robert Green did not receive a fair trial. There was no jury and he was denied key witnesses for the defence. Dame Elish Angiolini was clearly too important in the elite system to appear despite the fact that the failure to bring abusers to account occurred under her hand. Presiding Sheriff Principal Bowen simply accepted an objection by the Prosecution that she was irrelevant to the case. Robert had already been denied the Procurator Fiscal Stephen McGowan as a witness for the defence, despite unanimous support for his citation by all his legal representatives, past and present.
On taking the witness stand, therefore, Robert asked if he could make a statement on the record, but was refused by the Sheriff. Answering his Counsel’s questions with his customary eloquence and clarity, Robert stressed that his main object throughout the activity which had offended a few people in Scotland was to secure an investigation of Hollie’s allegations. He was able to quote from Dr Eva Harding’s letter in which Sylvia Major is named as an abuser and stated that this individual was sitting in the court.
Throughout Mr Lamb’s cross-examination Robert reiterated his belief that he was acting in the public interest in attempting to protect vulnerable citizens. He explained that he had tried every possible avenue prior to taking the action which had given rise to his being prosecuted, and that Anne Greig had also been directing her concerns through the normal legal channels since 2000. By the time of his arrest therefore, 10 years had passed during which time the authorities had obstructed every attempt to secure justice.
Robert also continued to stress that his efforts were designed to instigate an OPEN, INDEPENDENT INQUIRY into all aspects of Hollie’s case, including the abduction of Anne and the highly suspicious death of Robert Greig.
In the final afternoon session both sides summed up and Mr Lamb skillfully had Robert acquitted of 3 of the 5 charges against him. However the Sheriff ruled that in his opinion Robert was guilty of Breach of the Peace and of breaking some of his bail conditions.
Sentencing has been deferred until Friday 17th February, until which time the bail conditions on Robert remain in force.
@ telegraph.uk:
Irish social workers are horrified by their ruthless English counterparts
Families fleeing the interventions of social workers have been finding a far more humane approach across the water.
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The number of children taken into care every month in the UK has reached a record level
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By Christopher Booker
7:00PM GMT 18 Feb 2012
Such is the reign of terror now being imposed on innocent English families by social workers that scores of parents have been fleeing with their children to Ireland to escape their clutches. I have followed a dozen such stories over the past two years, and in all of them two things stand out. One is that the English social workers seem prepared to stop at nothing to get the children back. The other is the extraordinary contrast between them and the Irish social workers, who again and again have satisfied themselves that the children are at no risk from their loving parents and are astonished by the ruthless behaviour of their English counterparts.
Several of these stories I have reported more than once and they do not have happy endings. A mother and baby were pursued to Ireland by six social workers and police, who sat in Dublin for 10 days of court hearings, until a judge ruled in their favour (with the social workers seen giving “high fives” on emerging from the court). When the mother again escaped to a remote cottage, she was violently knocked down by a policeman, so that her baby could be taken back to England.
Vicky Haigh, a former racehorse trainer, managed to escape to Ireland before her daughter was born. But then she was brought to England to be quite bizarrely punished, in a case relating to her beloved older daughter, with a three-year prison sentence – leaving her baby to be looked after in Ireland.
A 14-year-old boy lived happily with his mother in Ireland for six months until, after an equally bizarre judgment based on evidence neither he nor his mother were allowed to see, he was deported miserably back to care in England.
Last week, another such story came my way. It concerns a respectable family which was hit with disaster last summer, after the semi-autistic 8-year-old son –who tends to make things up – had lashed out at his 13-year-old sister, leaving bruises. When these were investigated, the boy told the police that his father had done it. The girl denied this – and the boy admitted in video evidence what had really happened – but the police stuck with his earlier story and arrested the father. Although he was never charged, the interventions of social workers became so menacing that, last October, the family escaped to Ireland, where the father has his roots.
There they have happily settled, and the 13-year-old daughter has become a star pupil of the local school. But the social workers eventually tracked them down – after the children’s grandmother, back in England, had been arrested by 10 police officers, handcuffed, held for three hours in a cell, and told she would be charged with perverting the course of justice unless she revealed their whereabouts. The English social workers pressed their Irish counterparts to co-operate in getting the children back to England (there are no court orders), but were told there was no reason for this because the children were in no danger.
The social workers then tried to lean on the school principal, saying that the children were “at risk of emotional harm”. The sensible headmistress gave them very short shrift, saying that the English social workers had behaved deplorably in trying to destroy a perfectly normal family, and that England’s loss was Ireland’s gain, since the girl was a brilliant pupil, who was learning five languages. Thanks to their origins, the family will soon be safely confirmed as Irish citizens.
What is striking about these stories is how often the parents emphasise the contrast between the two countries’ social workers. “In England,” says this father, “we were treated like dangerous criminals. In Ireland the social workers could not be more different, warm, friendly, treating us like human beings.” And of course it is in England that the number of children taken into care has soared to a record level, just having topped 900 a month. There is a phenomenon of group psychology here that deserves much wider attention than it is being given.
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This is from my little town. Apparently if you want to say the name of a pleb (you and me) in court you can just spit it out in open court. If you want to say the name of an MP in court you can't. You can write it on a paper but not say it in court.
There is more to this. I am going to take a punt. I think the MP's name starts with "Mc". Thats enough. When the name does get made public we can see if it starts with "Mc". I need to check the timing because the Mc events might have been later than these events of the 80's. I'm quitely confident. If that turns out to be the case then that would be interesting. You see "Mc" has a sister who is religious who knew a man who was religious as well and lets say "Mc" stepped in and declined prosecution of persons in relation to paedophilia. I could be wrong. We could be talkign about a whole different MP.
I noticed that the last 2 paragraphs talk about how the pedo guy got great praise from Sir Charles Court. I didn't see that before. He was a long serving Premier. 25 years or something as Premier of the state. I know he's a Freemason. Admitted in public. He ran a Legislature where 2/3rds of his cabinet were Freemasons. Posed for the local paper and everything.
Story @ the West AustralianQuote:
MP halted hostel abuse inquiry: welfare officer
The inquiry into how serial paedophile Dennis John McKenna was able to sexually abuse boys at a government-run hostel for 15 years has been told that an investigation in the early 1980s was stopped by a WA politician before it began.
Retired child welfare officer Brian Humphries said he travelled to Katanning to investigate claims of "physical ill-treatment" of a child at St Andrew's Hostel when he received a phone call from his supervisor in Albany.
"The supervisor said that I was not to continue the inquiry at the hostel and that I was not to go there and he'd been instructed by the head office in Perth along those lines," Mr Humphries said.
In his opening statement to the inquiry headed by retired judge Peter Blaxell, counsel assisting Philip Urquhart said more than 20 people in positions of authority failed to take action when confronted with concerns about McKenna.
They included teachers, several school principals, a policeman, hostel board members, Country High Schools Hostel Authority members and staff from the Department of Employment and Training.
The inquiry also heard from Kerryn Stephens, who said he had been molested for a year despite telling his father, who confronted McKenna but came away convince his son was wrong
In his evidence, Mr Humphries said his supervisor also told him the decision to abort the 1980s investigation involved a politician.
"I have a clear recollection of the surname (of the politician)," Mr Humphries said.
At that point, Mr Humphries was directed to write the name down on a piece of paper rather than say the name aloud.
Mr Blaxell then suppressed the name of the politician, as he had done earlier yesterday when the name of a school principal was given in evidence to the inquiry.
The politician, who ended his political career in the early 1980s, and the school principal are now dead.
Mr Blaxell made the suppression orders but said there was a chance the names would be made public "in due course".
A Department of Child Welfare employee since 1965, Mr Humphries said he told his supervisor that the order to end his inquiries before they began was unusual.
"I told him I thought it was a bit strange," Mr Humphries said.
Mr Urquhart said McKenna, currently serving his second jail sentence for sex crimes at the hostel, was aged 30 when he was employed at St Andrew's in 1975.
He became warden in 1976 and was the overnight "toast of Katanning" for the work he did and praise he received from people as high up as premier Sir Charles Court.
"Mr Dennis McKenna had been able to enthuse the students magnificently, and it was largely due to his commitment to the welfare and spiritual needs of the students that the hostel had achieved so much," Mr Court told a newspaper in 1977.
So the move is on to reveal the MP's name mentioned in my previous post
Full article @ the West AustralianQuote:
Push to reveal MP's name in hostel probe
A dozen media companies joined forces yesterday to challenge orders preventing the names of a politician and school principal being published in the wake of evidence to the St Andrew's Hostel inquiry.
Seven West Media general counsel Tony McCarthy, who appeared for all the companies, said it was vital for an inquiry set up to expose the "clandestine and covert" abuse of children at the government-run hostel to be completely open and transparent.
"The purpose of this inquiry is to make these things come out," Mr McCarthy told the inquiry. "The full unvarnished truth."
During a 90-minute hearing, he argued that inquiry chief Peter Blaxell did not have the power under the Public Sector Management Act to suppress the names of people regardless of whether the evidence caused them embarrassment or hurt.
That could not be the case in respect to the former MP and principal because both men were dead.
Mr McCarthy said naming the men would make no difference to the overall course of the Blaxell inquiry, which is investigating how hostel warden Dennis John McKenna was able to sexually abuse boarders between 1975 and 1990.
But Mr Blaxell said he suppressed the politician's name because investigations were still under way and he did not think it was fair for the man's reputation to be "sullied". Mr Blaxell reserved his decision.
There were many updates on this story yesterday as details of court evidence were reported on-line. Mostly about the methods this pedo used to groom and then control his victims.
I've noticed with this unfolding story, there a few people with a name that has "Mc" associated with the story. So far the MP's name remains hidden.
Child-rape case shows safeguards failed
Agencies’ screenings didn’t detect adoptive dad accused of raping 3.
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Kenneth Brandt, 39, of 1045 Nutmeg Square North in Troy.
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Jason Zwick, 29, of Beavercreek is being held in the Miami County Jail on a charge of felonious sexual penetration.
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Patrick Rieder, 31, of Dayton is being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a felony charge of rape.
The disturbing case involving the alleged rape of three boys by their adoptive father, who also allegedly prostituted one of the boys to two other men, unfolded despite safeguards designed for adoption agencies and prospective parents.
Kenneth H. Brandt, a 39-year-old from Troy, adopted three children from Texas and was adopting a fourth child when he was arrested last month. Brandt had a clean record when police took him into custody. He faces three counts of rape and one of compelling prostitution.
Brandt worked with a private, nonprofit agency named Adopting Children Today Information Option Network (ACTION) Inc. A Texas official said that in the past seven years, 28 adopted children from that state have been placed in homes through Dayton-based ACTION.
“We all know that no matter what happens, there are people who can get around the system,” said Mary Anne Cole, executive director for Access for Youth Inc., a Riverside foster and adoption agency.
Brandt was familiar with the foster care system. Miami County confirmed Friday that four foster children were placed in his home between November 2006 and August 2007.
Those children included a 15-year-old boy who was later moved to a group home.
Montgomery County officials said they placed two children in Brandt’s care for a week when he was a foster parent from May 2008 to October 2009.
It is not known whether Brandt housed other children besides those six and the four who were living with him until his arrest. The FBI and local authorities are investigating.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine called the case “horrible.”
“This case stands out because of what appears to be a systematic way that this guy was exploiting foster children in a particularly reprehensible way,” DeWine said.
Online connection
Authorities tracked down Brandt and fellow suspects Patrick Rieder and Jason M. Zwick as a result of an Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation involving criminal activity on Craigslist. A detective responded to an ad and made contact with Zwick, who introduced the detective to Rieder and Brandt, who was arrested Feb. 24.
Brandt had three boys, ages 12, 10, and 9, and a girl, 9, under his care.
Brandt is in Miami County Jail on an $800,000 bond. In addition to the Miami County charges, he has been charged in Montgomery County with one count of rape and four counts of complicity to commit rape. Brandt’s preliminary hearing in Miami County is 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Rieder, 31, of Dayton, and Zwick, 29, of Beavercreek, have both been charged with rape. Rieder is being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1 million bond, while Zwick is in the Miami County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
Greene County seized computer equipment from Zwick’s home, and Dayton police took electronic equipment and other items from Rieder’s apartment.
ACTION is called a tight-knit, supportive group by its officials.
“Our mission is to place children in the foster care system into loving, adoptive homes,” founder Patricia A. Hill said in YouTube videos. “I’m the adoptive mother of 22 children, and that’s pretty much what I do in my spare time.”
ACTION has been certified in Ohio since 1998. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has received three complaints about the agency. The ODJFS would not describe the complaints.
ACTION’s attorney released a statement Friday that the agency follows state laws and practices, and its officials cannot discuss Brandt’s case.
“ACTION complies with and follows the rules and regulations in the cases that it’s involved with,” attorney Jeff Rezabek said.
Troy Police Capt. Chris Anderson said Friday that ACTION officials reached out to the police department after Brandt’s arrest and confirmed that agency officials are cooperating with the investigation.
In YouTube videos, ACTION details the process families go through to adopt foster children, including an FBI and BCI background checks, medical statements, vaccination records for pets, fire inspection, training, a home visit and a safety audit.
Recertified in 2011
Agencies of this type are certified by the state for two years. ACTION was recertified in 2011.
The ODJFS does not interview adopted children when recertifying adoption agencies. Benjamin Johnson, an ODJFS spokesman, said the criteria for recertification is spelled out in the Ohio Revised Code.
The process consists of several reviews, including: entrance interview; interviews with random samples of foster and/or adopt parents; interviews with staff; review of foster and adoptive records for training, criminal background checks and other requirements.
Common practice
Robert Crimmins of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services said the interstate adoption process Brandt used is a fairly common practice.
He said that states are members of the Interstate Compact Agreement and that each state has an Interstate Compact for Placement of Children office, which is responsible for notifying other states of potential placements, and to seek and give approval for such adoptions.
Crimmins said TDFPS is reviewing the Brandt case.
“So far, all of the appropriate steps appear to have been taken,” Crimmins said. “We’ve reviewed the contract and have found no past problems. (Texas has) adopted several of our children through this agency.”
Private adoption agencies work with county and out-of-state agencies to find children eligible for adoption, Cole said.
Sometimes individuals will search online galleries of eligible children and ask a private agency to help.
For example, if a child is in the custody of a county, the county is responsible for matching the child with a household. The child is placed in the home for at least six months before the adoption is finalized.
“We do case management during that six months,” Cole said.
There is no further case management once the adoption is final.
Private adoption agencies also are supposed to check their applicant’s financial situation. Brandt owned Brandt Insurance Services, but he didn’t have an insurance agent license, according to the Ohio Department of Insurance.
“We’re making sure that the subsidy that they are receiving through adoption is not paying for something else,” Cole said. “We don’t want people to do this as an income.”
Feeling ‘appalled’
University of Dayton professor Tony Talbott, whose research include human rights, said the Troy case is an example of a widespread problem.
“The residents of Troy are shocked and appalled, which they should be, but they really shouldn’t be surprised,” he said. “This is something occurring throughout the state of Ohio, throughout the United States and internationally.”
Officials said all the safeguards, regulations and the good intentions of people aiming to provide a safe, loving home for foster children don’t always work.
“In a normal case (involving sexual abuse), someone close to the child, in the same family, is having sexual relations,” said DeWine. “It’s all bad.”