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DSS left bitten toddler at home despite report
By Jessica Fargen and O’Ryan Johnson
Thursday, July 5, 2007 - Updated: 08:52 AM EST

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRe...icleid=1009696

The Department of Social Services allowed a New Bedford child to remain
in the home where she was allegedly bitten and mutilated for months
after an initial complaint of abuse was lodged regarding the
3-year-old’s treatment there, according to authorities.
Police arrested Massachusetts Most Wanted fugitives Jessica
Silveira, 26, and her boyfriend, Bryan M. James, 34, yesterday
afternooon, after the pair spent 24 hours on the lam.
Their arrest came six months after the state Department of Social
Services received its first report of possible abuse of Silveira’s
3-year-old in January.


The horrific case is yet another example of the need for greater
oversight of the troubled agency, said state Rep. John H. Rogers
(D-Norwood), chairman of the House Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect.
“The current system is fragmented,” Rogers said. A bill being
drafted by his committee would bring all the state agencies assigned to
child welfare under the cabinet-level position of Secretary of Child
Welfare.
A firestorm over children abused while under DSS supervision led to
calls for the ouster of former DSS Commissioner Harry Spence earlier
this year. Newly appointed DSS Commissioner Angelo McClain has been
briefed on the New Bedford case, said spokeswoman Denise Monteiro.
New Bedford police say the 3-year-old was abused for months after
the initial DSS report, culminating in late April when she was brought
to Children’s Hospital in Boston, her tiny body and face marred by human
bite marks. Doctors at Children’s Hospital termed her injuries among the
five worst child abuse cases they’d ever seen, according to police.
The toddler had human bites on her face so severe she lost part of
her upper lip, police said. Her ear was so disfigured that surgery
couldn’t bring back its natural shape.
At that point, after involvement with the family for more than four
months, DSS took custody of the girl and her 5-year-old brother,
Monteiro said.
Monteiro said it was unclear yesterday how much involvement DSS had
with the family. The agency also did an assessment in March, she said.
According to a police statement, Silveira hid James’ assaults on
the child from DSS.
“The detective . . . noticed a pattern developing in regards to
keeping the assault from DSS as well as other health care workers,”
police said. “At this time we believe that the live-in boyfriend was the
individual that caused the injuries to the child and that the mother was
trying to cover up the assault.”
Rogers’ bill calls for training medical professionals in early
warning signs of abuse.
“We want to make sure there’s early detection of problems,” Rogers
said. “The problem with the old system and the current system is that it
lacks medical experts. The problem with the medical experts is there’s
not a lot of knowledge on what is child abuse and what is child neglect.”
James’ neighbors on Newcomb Street said he was a “decent guy” and
doting dad who played in the snow with the 3-year-old and her brother.


Neighbor John Costa said the cut on the 3-year-old’s lip is not a bite
wound, but happened when the toddler fell down.
“I know he didn’t do it,” said Costa, who has known James for 22
years. “He was a decent guy.”
A relative who answered the phone at Silveira’s family’s home in
New Bedford only had this to say about the accusations: “Jessica is a
wonderful mother.”




CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL
SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.

BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...
 




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