6th-January-2009
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Ontario father of four sues Deb Matthews, the MCYS and Children’s Aid Society | |
Tuesday, 6th January 2009
London, Ontario father of four sues Deb Matthews, the MCYS and Children’s Aid Society Five and a half years after his awful custody battle began, a London Ontario father has been left with what he considers to be no other ption but to sue the Children’s Aid Society of London & Middlesex (LMCAS), as well as the Ministry of Children & Youth Services (MCYS), which organization oversees CAS agencies in the Province of Ontario.
In 2003, the father (who must remain amonymous due to the fact that his minor children are involved in the case) reported to LMCAS, based on his son and daughter’s statements to him, that a maternal relative had assaulted his daughter in an attempt to frame him for sexual assault. The father alleges that LMCAS knew that the assault occurred, but that LMCAS, instead of helping and comforting his abused child, went to great lengths to cover up the fact that the assault occurred.
The father also specifically names the MCYS Responsible Minister Liberal MP Deb Matthews – another Londoner - as a defendant. The father further alleges that the Minister herself has knowingly breached her obligations under the Child and Family Services Act (CFSA) and she is therefore also liable for the harm that has been brought upon his four children. The father had been shocked when, after offering the Minister clear evidence of the abuse and cover-up, unnamed staff in Minister Deb Matthews’ office, while claiming to speak for the Minister herself, told him that if he wanted resolution he would have to take legal action against the parties involved.
“It would have been much better”, the father says, “if the Minister had simply abided by her duties under the CFSA and fixed the obvious mistakes that were made. Unfortunately for my children, Ms. Matthews knowingly forced me to take the difficult and-most importantly-the lengthy process of needing to sue the MCYS and LMCAS in order to finally get the matter cleared up".
“The reality is that, since the LMCAS decided to cover up the assault from the get-go, my daughter has never received any counseling of any sort as a result of what happened to her. For the most part, my daughter is a very beautiful and vibrant child. However, evidence from the CAS files also shows that certain actions by my daughter prove that she is still suffering the effects of what her maternal relatives put her through in since 2003.”
Note: Due to the publication ban which prevents this Father from identifying his children, it is not appropriate for his name to be published. He has used the anonymity of the pseudonym “fixchildrensaid” in the course of this process before and should the media wish to provide the public with an identifiable name for this Father he can be named as Father F followed by the pseudonym “fixchildrensaid”. The contact information is as follows:
Father F
"Fixchildrensaid"
London, Ontario
519-614-8713
Fax–519-451-2726
The 'Statement of Claim' as recorded will be provided to your news agency by Father F, should it be requested.
Should you wish to contact Minister Matthews, her contact information is as follows:
London Constituency office:
Telephone – 519-432-7339
Fax–519-432-0613
dmatthews.mpp@liberal.ola.org
Queens Park:
Telephone - 1-866-821-7770
Fax - 1-416-325-5191
dmatthews.mpp@liberal.ola.org
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