[News] The suffering of mothers who cannot prevent their children from having contact with fathers accused of abuse

[FNX Magokiler]

Dozens of children in the UK have been forced to come into contact with their parents after they were accused of abuse, an investigation has found.

In some of the cases investigated, revealed for the first time by the BBC, the parents had even been convicted of pedophilia.

In all cases, the parents brought to court a controversial concept known as “parental alienation.”

The same concept was cited in the deaths of several women after family courts allowed parents accused of abuse to request contact with their children.

The BBC investigation found that five women had died; some by suicide and one after suffering a heart attack.

All of the fathers in the England-wide study, carried out by the University of Manchester and reported by the BBC, had responded in court to the accusation of abuse with the concept of parental alienation, in which they alleged that the mothers had put their children against them without just cause.

Dr. Elizabeth Dalgarno, who conducted the study, says the concept is a “useful tool for abusers” and its acceptance by the courts is a “national scandal.”

 

 

Family lawyer Lucy Reed points out that the concept is being used “more and more frequently”, but it does not always mean the same thing. “It is frequently used by parents to refer to almost anything that opposes their demands to have some contact” with their children.

The 45 mothers of minors who took part in the University of Manchester study reported serious health problems that they believed were associated with the stress of the court process. These included miscarriages, heart attacks and suicidal thoughts.

Due to laws that regulate journalistic reporting on judicial proceedings in England with the intention of protecting minors, the names of the women and some details that may identify them have been changed.

Since the BBC presented its investigation to the British Ministry of Justice, we have learned that the government in London is considering whether it needs to take action regarding the abuse of the concept of “alienation.”

Grace and the child rapist
Grace was madly in love with her partner at first, her friends told the BBC, but then she discovered that she had previously been jailed for raping a minor. Her friends also said that she was abused by him.

After Grace and her partner separated, he refused to return their child and accused her of being mentally ill. He said there was a risk she would turn her son against her.

 

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