Another sick case of "Christian" family child abuse

[n2doc]

There are times when one wishes there really was a hell, because nothing on this Earth can punish these folks enough...
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/283068_badmother30.html

Court documents tell of abuse in death of boy, 8
4 years later, adoptive mother charged in Port Orchard case

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PORT ORCHARD -- Four years ago, 8-year-old Christopher Forder lay on his bedroom floor, stricken with pneumonia, heavily bruised and nearing death.

His adoptive father called a family meeting and told the family's seven other children they had a choice: They could bury their brother in the backyard, or call 911 and risk having all the children taken away because of Christopher's obvious bruising. Later that night, Nov. 24, 2002, Forder and his wife, Kimberly Ann Forder, tried unsuccessfully to revive Christopher with CPR. A son called 911. An account of the 8-year-old's last moments is contained in court documents, which allege that his mother abused and neglected him to the point of death, never seeking outside medical help.

The night he died, Detective Lori Blankenship walked into his bedroom to find the bruised and battered little boy lying on the floor, partly covered with a blanket. "It appeared to be a case of abuse," she said. "This is a case that has stuck with me all these years." Dr. Emanuel Lacsina, the Kitsap County Coroner's Office pathologist, determined that Christopher died of severe pneumonia. He noted the extensive bruising. Manner of death was listed as "undetermined."

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Forder, recently returned to the U.S. from Africa, was arrested Saturday. She's in the Kitsap County Jail, held on $1 million bail following her not-guilty plea Monday to charges of homicide by abuse and first-degree manslaughter. Robert and seven adopted children remain in Liberia, acting as Christian missionaries independent of an established church or aid organization. When they lived in Seabeck, Kimberly was a stay-at-home mom and Robert a journeyman painter. The Forders so far have adopted eight children, including Christopher, and have three now-grown biological children.

This summer, authorities began investigating one of the couple's biological children. Michael V. Forder, 23, is also in Kitsap County Jail, charged with second-degree rape of an adult family member. Detectives learned the parents had moved to Africa. Shortly thereafter, police received a report from Children Protective Services in Oregon outlining abuse that occurred before Christopher's death. Court records describe subsequent conversations with three Forder children who described a pattern of abuse, especially toward Christopher. One child said Christopher was beaten an average of six times a day. If he didn't chew his food correctly, his mother would take it away, sometimes for days, documents allege. The boy resorted to stealing scraps from a compost heap, and eating dog food.


more at the link, but warning, it is pretty sad.

[Warpy]

1. Abuse of women and children is an integral part of these sects

and it's hard to determine whether or not any of them is salvageable as protected faith.

Having one of their own (they think) in the White House has only made it all much, much worse.

The rank and file GOP appear to be waking up and realizing they're not well represented by religius lunatics at the center of party power.

I just hope the awakening is in time. Handing the party to lunatics in exchange for a voting bloc so that the rich can get richer is the original bargain with the devil.

[jwirr]

3. Agreed but even if they handed the party over because of

opposition to abortion and other religious reasons it is still a bargain with the devil. What their asshole leader is doing to the people of this country is sinful.

[jwirr]

2. Where in the hell did these monsters adopt these children from?

What agency? What court system?

[Howardx]

4. xtian adoption agencies

act super xtian and you can get all the victims you want

[jwirr]

5. For a legal adoption they still had to go through a court system.

Something bigtime has failed the children here.

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. How did they adopt so many without getting found?

[noonwitch]

7. People slip through the cracks (long, but informative)

Foster parents are screened via criminal record checks and participate in training before a license is granted. Some private agencies are allowed to license their own foster homes, but are expected to follow state guidelines. In my state, Michigan, we have licensing consultants from the state who review those agencies on a yearly basis, more frequently if there are reports of trouble.

But regardless of all the procedures and paperwork, the system is not perfect because people are not perfect. These foster parents may not have had criminal records prior to this point, and may not have had any kind of CPS backround, either. If there is no reason to deny a license, then the agency has to issue one.

From what the article says, the child was placed from Oregon in a Washington-licensed agency's foster home. What is done in those cases is called "Interstate Compact" and the state that has jurisdiction asks to have the other state review a home and send them back a report indicating the home and family is suitable. This is usually done for family members who want children placed with them. The article doesn't state if the adoptive family was related to the biological family of this child.

It is normal for a family to close their foster care license when they have adopted children and are no longer willing to take any more into their home, so there is nothing about that that is suspicious in and of itself.

There are good, church-based foster care agencies, and good secular ones. But the people who run children's services are not psychic and can't read the future or see into people's souls. We go by the information we can get our hands on.