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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 343
You might well assume that accusations wouldn’t happen without good cause but you
would be wrong! In 1992 Woman’s Day Magazine reported that sixty-five percent of all child
abuse accusations nation wide were unsubstantiated.
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It is much worse for accusations
involved in divorce. In 1990 Hollida Wakefield and Ralph Underwager presented a study to the
Sixth Annual Symposium in Forensic Psychology. Their study showed that 75% of the alleged
sexual abuse of children in divorce and/or custody disputes were false. Their report referenced
another study completed by Dwyer that showed that 77% of sexual abuse allegations in divorce
were hoaxes.
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When the statistics for physical abuse are added into the equation, it gets much
worse. The Reverend Dennis Austin reported, “In divorce, when allegations are made and the
police conduct investigations, ninety-seven percent of these claims are unable to be
substantiated.”
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Ninety-seven percent (97%) of the accusations of child abuse in divorce are false. The
Courts of many states regard this crisis of such importance that good, loving parents are treated
worse than any accused mass murderers or terrorists. In Washington State, the parent accused of
child abuse in family court, in spite of never being charged with any crime, effectively looses all
their Constitutional rights as follows:
A parent is assumed guilty when accused rather than innocent until proven guilty.
Because this is a civil proceeding a parent is not eligible for a court appointed attorney
when they are unable to afford one. This is a right guaranteed by the Constitution, a right
every career criminal receives but parents who are not criminally charged do not.
A parent usually doesn’t get a trial, they may get a five-minute hearing and if their lucky
they may even get ten to twenty minutes to defend themselves.
A parent doesn’t get to confront or cross-examine their accusers as is guaranteed under
the Fifth Amendment.
A parent doesn’t get to bring witnesses for their defense.
The Supreme Court of Washington State has ruled that Psychological evaluations are
unconstitutional prior to a person having been convicted of an offense and can only be
used in determining sentencing and treatment. Yet, parents are frequently denied their
right to remain silent and often ordered to receive Psychological evaluations from biased
professionals. These are professionals who are given immunity by the court and who
have a financial incentive to report that the parent has psychological problems. This
financial incentive arises from the fact that the evaluator typically provides the treatment
program. (Fair evaluators do exist but a parent has no way of knowing who they are.)
Those performing Psychological evaluations can be held financially liable if they
determine that a person poses no risk and that person then commits a crime. On the other
hand, they have full immunity from finding that a person poses a risk to the community
or that he is guilty of some crime he never committed. Therefore, the psychologists are
motivated to make negative findings.
The psychologists are not bond by due process and violate the rules of due process in
many ways. 1) Many evaluations are done under the premise that the defendant is guilty
till proven innocent. 2) The accusers make their accusations in secret. The defendant
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