In Massachusetts, DSS is continuing to take hits on its leadership since Haleigh Poutre and Rebecca Riley.
The move comes a day after the Herald disclosed that DSS lost track of three reports in May 2005 - including a call the accused predator, the Rev. Lawrence Brown, made to a DSS hot line, according to documents reviewed by the Herald. Another 18 months would elapse before DSS was again notified of the alleged abuse, after the accuser, P. Edward Harrison, became suicidal and had to be hospitalized on Oct. 31, 2006.
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This latest hit to the besieged DSS comes as Commissioner Harry Spence has been asked to resubmit his resume, along with about 50 other state officials, to Gov. Deval Patrick.
Yesterday, through his spokesman, Kyle Sullivan, the governor called the allegations “serious and troubling.”
“That is why the governor has asked (Health and Human Services) Secretary (JudyAnn) Bigby to investigate the DSS process in handling this report and assessing the overall system for how we track all cases,” Sullivan said.
Under Spence’s stewardship, DSS has come under fire for the death of Rebecca Riley from a prescription drug overdose, and for its mishandling of the Haleigh Poutre abuse case.
DSS scrutinizes Mount Calvary in abuse
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This story is embedded with a case involving Wal-Mart, a lawyer representing the medical facility disputing the fate of Emilio Gonzales.
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Michael Regier, senior vice president and general counsel for the Seton Family of Hospitals for the past 11 years, is leaving to take a job in Dallas.
Regier will become senior vice president and general counsel for VHA Inc., an Irving-based health care alliance made up of more than 2,400 nonprofit health care organizations.
Regier has represented Seton and doctors in the wrenching case of 18-month-old Emilio Gonzales, who is on life support at Children's Hospital of Austin. Doctors want to stop treating Emilio against his mother's wishes.
Regier, 48, is leaving May 25 and won't be representing Seton in the Gonzales case during a hearing scheduled for May 30 before Travis County Probate Judge Guy Herman. Seton has retained other attorneys for the case, including Yvonne Puig, a partner at Fulbright & Jaworski.
Wal-Mart fires back; Seton's lead lawyer leaving.
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