Walker's SCATHING INDICTMENT - Part 2 of
6 - Closed Minds
This is
my synopsized prose version of Justice Walker's 140-page judgement presented in
several segments that reveal the substance of Walker's overview of evidence that
demanded his verdict against the Ministry of Children's Child Protection. No
stated opinion or fact appears here that does not also appear in the Justice
Walker's ruling (legal document). It is public information.
Mr. Strickland believed J.P. was acting
maliciously toward B.G. Mr. Strickland shared these biases with his staff
because he believed there was no merit to J.P.'s report that B.G. had sexually
abused P.G., and consequently Strickland did not conduct an assessment of
J.P.'s report, disregarding the standard of care and applicable legislation. Mr.
Strickland's conduct adversely affected the case social workers and
furthermore, as a result, the Director (she) did not assess the report of
possible sexual abuse as required by her governing statute and the standard of
care, nor did she investigate.
In mid December 2009, early in the VPD
investigation of sexual abuse of P.G., her mother J.P. disclosed to both the
Director and Mr. Strickland that her three children were all divulging that
their father had sexually abused them and she was asking the Director and Strickland
for help. The children spoke of sexual touching, digital touching of genitalia
and the anus, oral copulation and partial penile penetration by their father.
B.G. denied all of the allegations and the Director did not investigate these
reports in the manner that the standard of care commands.
Without
suitable investigation of the children's disclosures, Mr. Strickland and other
social workers marginalized this supportive evidence of the sexual abuse allegations,
believing them to be fabricated, and that the children had been coached, and
that J.P.'s relentless efforts to prove these abuses were indications of her
mental instability. Subsequently, the Director did not carry out an assessment
and investigation of the children's claims, and further concluded that J.P. was
unable to parent the children.
