handy
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Many of you already know that my husband works with handicapped and behaivorally challenged kids. One of his clients is a young girl, (6) who is austistic. She had said something very disturbing to Steve one day, and he set the ball rolling when he reported it to his manager. There is now a full-fledged sexual-abuse investigation and the police here called my husband yesterday to take a statement from him.
Apparently, there is just a lot of dust being thrown up and now the detective is having to sift through a lot of statements that are contradictory. Fortunately, my husband has kept very good written accounts that are dated and copies are with his work. But still, it appears that although this is most likely standard police proceedure, my husband is being considered as a 'suspect' at this point.
As unnerving as this is, I don't have too many doubts that my husband's professionalism, good record keeping, and the fact that he was the one who opened up the investigation by his reporting of his concerns will quickly remove him from the list of 'suspects'. Also the fact that my husband has always been very careful not to be alone with any of his clients, but has always kept them in group situations, with the necessary exception of when he transports them from the school where he works to their home.
However, I would of course like prayer that the police can come to know the truth and the truth will be clear, which is hard when the only one who really knows for sure what happened is an autisitic six-year-old.
And, naturally she is the real prayer concern here. There are a lot of contradictory things being said by the adults of this mess, but at the center of it is a little girl who cannot express herself normally and may be being hurt in one of the worst possible ways.
Apparently, there is just a lot of dust being thrown up and now the detective is having to sift through a lot of statements that are contradictory. Fortunately, my husband has kept very good written accounts that are dated and copies are with his work. But still, it appears that although this is most likely standard police proceedure, my husband is being considered as a 'suspect' at this point.
As unnerving as this is, I don't have too many doubts that my husband's professionalism, good record keeping, and the fact that he was the one who opened up the investigation by his reporting of his concerns will quickly remove him from the list of 'suspects'. Also the fact that my husband has always been very careful not to be alone with any of his clients, but has always kept them in group situations, with the necessary exception of when he transports them from the school where he works to their home.
However, I would of course like prayer that the police can come to know the truth and the truth will be clear, which is hard when the only one who really knows for sure what happened is an autisitic six-year-old.
And, naturally she is the real prayer concern here. There are a lot of contradictory things being said by the adults of this mess, but at the center of it is a little girl who cannot express herself normally and may be being hurt in one of the worst possible ways.
: But I will pray for the young one... and your hubby.