The Republican just posted this blame game. We hear some explanations of how it all happened from the Govt. perspective.
BOSTON - The commissioner of the state Department of Social Services yesterday said the agency wanted to remove Haleigh Poutre from her abusive home, but was thwarted by medical professionals who insisted the girl's wounds were self-inflicted.
During the first meeting of a new legislative panel investigating child abuse, Lewis H. Spence, commissioner of the agency since 2001, said social workers were aware the child was suffering from some severe injuries. The girl's treatment team, including doctors, psychiatrists and pediatricians, blocked the agency from separating the child from the adoptive mother and stepfather who were later charged with abusing her, Spence said.
"We were the only party pressing to remove the child from her home and were deeply impeded by the treatment team," Spence said, after he was questioned by Rep. Stephen P. LeDuc, D-Marlboro, a panel member.
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