CW: The article contains disturbing child abuse, resulting in death. #TriggerWarning.

The placement was approved by both #BritishColumbia Ministry of #Children & Family Development & the family service’s department of the boy’s First Nation, but the report says the ministry did not complete #BackgroundChecks or visit the home before the siblings were moved there.

Charlesworth said the lack of communication, #DueDiligence & #DueProcess would “prove to be a massive error” because those in charge of the boy’s safety could have learned the woman had prior involvement with the ministry over physical #abuse of her child & there were documented concerns about her partner’s “conduct with children.”

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/b-c-s-massive-error-part-of-web-of-inaction-that-could-have-saved-boy-advocate/

#BCpoli #ChildAbuse #BCNDP #ChildWelfare #ChildrenInCare #ChildrensRights #ChildrensSafety #BCgovernment #BCNewDeathParty #PreventableDeaths #FailureToProtect #SocialWelfare #ChildrensWelfare #IndigenousChildren #EveryChildMatters

The Adams case has also highlighted a glaring #loophole in state #child #SexAbuse reporting laws. Adams, a member of the #Mormon #church , confessed he was abusing his daughter to his Bishop, John Herrod, in 2010. In Arizona, #clergy are among the professionals required to report #ChildSexualAbuse to police or child welfare officials.

https://apnews.com/article/video-victimizes-child-long-after-abuser-is-gone-a749889073eccc7e0d9d5e6c6af38b92

#StopChildAbuse #StopExploitingKids #StopPedophiles #StopChildPorn #ChildSafety #ChildrensWelfare #KidsNeedSafety