How Child Protective Services made a family's tragedy worse

How Child Protective Services made a family's tragedy worse:

In a field filled with subjectivity and bias, it’s sometimes assumed that one determination is easy: figuring out if a death was caused by child maltreatment.In fact, that’s often as subjective as everything else. I usually illustrate this with the following hypothetical.

BBC documentary exposes 50-year scandal of baby trafficking by the Catholic church in Spain

BBC documentary exposes 50-year scandal of baby trafficking by the Catholic church in Spain | Daily Mail Online:
Up to 300,000 Spanish babies were stolen from their parents and sold for adoption over a period of five decades, a new investigation reveals. 
The children were trafficked by a secret network of doctors, nurses, priests and nuns in a widespread practice that began during General Franco’s dictatorship and continued until the early Nineties.

Child welfare must be front and center at Legislature

Child welfare must be front and center at Legislature - San Antonio Express-News:

If ever there was a time ripe for Texas to invest in child welfare, it’s now. It is, in fact, critical. This has been made clear in the headlines and articles detailing the problems with foster care, and it is a problem that was laid out in recent testimony by the recently appointed head of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Commissioner Hank Whitman.

Foster dad charged with child sexual assault in Marathon Co.

Foster dad charged with child sexual assault in Marathon Co.:

MARATHON COUNTY, Wis. (WSAW)-- A 31-year-old Marathon County man is behind bars on $100,000 after he charged with sexually abusing a foster child in his care.

Foster Mom Arraigned In Alleged Child Abuse Case

Foster Mom Arraigned In Alleged Child Abuse Case - 44News | Evansville, IN 44News | Evansville, IN:

One of two women accused of abusing a special needs child faces a judge.Marsha Gray appeared for arraignment in Union County District Court.She is charged with criminal abuse of a child 12 or under, and is being held on $10,000 bond.

Man pleads guilty to sexually abusing foster child

Man pleads guilty to sexually abusing foster child - The Irish News:

A Co Down foster father has been jailed for four years for sexually abusing a young girl placed in his care.

Police: Wausau man molested foster child

Police: Wausau man molested foster child:

WAUSAU - Marathon County officials on Friday said they could not answer specific questions about a 31-year-old Wausau man accused of sexually molesting one of his foster children.