Is this how our children are 'protected'?

Wikipedia CPS for those non US-ians (as I am) who may be unclear on the purpose of Child Protective Services

Transcript of a discussion between Gene Ashdown of the CPS and Flora Jessop

Jessop: So on what grounds do you pull children out of homes?

Ashdown: Uhh if they've been… If they report to us that they have been sexually abused and the perpetrator is in the home and there's good indication that they can't be protected there by the non offending parent, they're out of there if there's serious physical abuse to the point where its felonious we pull those kids if the children don't have any caretakers we remove them temporarily till we can find out what's going on umm..

Jessop: And the fact that ruby had told people, several people that she has been married and that she had been forced to have sex meant nothing

Ashdown: It wouldn't mean anything as far as removing her. I don't know that anybody… I don't know that, is that the case?

Jessop: Yes that is the case

Ashdown: That we have the names and phone numbers and the witnesses that will come forward and swear it out

Jessop: I told you that when we met that she had admitted to that

Ashdown: Ok she's admitted to that and maybe to some people I don't personally do that investigation we have really good staff that does that I think in terms of this case I don't know how many people there are I wasn't aware of there was anybody that could swear it out and would it even make a difference I can only tell you from my experience if the child says no that didn't happen if she told a congregation that I have had sex with my father when we go to talk to her and she says no I was just kidding I told all those people that just for sensationalism that's it its over

Jessop: Well that seems screwed up to me

Ashdown: Well, Flora I don't know what else to do, you could… if you haven't got a child a verbal child normally intelligent who will corroborate that she has been married or forced to have sex and there are people who she has told that she has had sex even if those people come forward she can always say I was just kidding I just wanted to see what they would do

Jessop: And it ends there

Ashdown: Pretty much

Jessop: And she gets placed right back with the abuser?

Ashdown: If that's what she wants, because she's got to help a little bit. We've got to have a little help Theoretically Flora, all that she had to do in that interview was say there's people outside that brought me here I don't trust them Thank you for talking to me Please help me, I've had this happen to me and this happen to me they tried to talk me out of this they gave me whatever to try to keep me from saying this Please help me she would have gone straight from there into shelter straight on

Jessop: And how many kids do that?

Ashdown: A lot. We have kids in shelter right now

Jessop: I did that and what happened to me?

Ashdown: I don't know

Jessop: I got turned back over to them to

Ashdown: You set and told a police man that you had been sexually abused forced to have sex and a member of the division of family services and they said that's interesting and they gave you right back to the people?

Jessop: As a matter of fact, Yes. I was placed back into Fred Jessop's Custody