Posted on 03/02/2005 8:15:06 AM PST by DBeers
CHICAGO - Every year, 1% of Illinois foster and subsidized-adoption children are molested and 3% are physically abused, according to an article published in the peer-reviewed publication, Psychological Reports.More startling, perhaps, is that--over a six-year period--34% of the sexual molestations of these Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)-placed girls and boys were homosexual in nature, committed by the persons approved as parents by DCFS.
In 2004, DCFS Spokesman Marjorie Newman told IllinoisLeader.com that DCFS does not "discriminate based on gender, race, sexual orientation, sexual preference. There is no law that says that a gay or lesbian person cannot adopt."
The March issue of Psychological Reports published 1997-2002 data analyzed by Dr. Paul Cameron, chairman of the Colorado-based Family Research Institute, a pro-family organization.
“It is likely that these rates apply to the nation’s estimated half million foster children,” he said. “What’s shocking, is that 34% of the molestations were homosexual.”
The DCFS information shows that 69% of sexual abuse by mothers was of their foster or subsidized-adoptive daughters. In contrast, 14% of the sexual abuse by fathers was of their foster or subsidized-adoptive sons.
“These new Illinois findings also suggest that a child’s risk of being molested is considerably higher when their parent engages in homosexuality,” according to Cameron.
According to the study, “Estimates of the proportion of adults who have engaged in homosexual sex in the past 12 months vary. The 1996 National Household Survey of Drug Abuse/CDC study estimated that 1.2% of those aged 18 to 59 reported sex with a member of their sex [no age specified] in the past 12 months, other estimates put the number at around 2-3%.”
Based on responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by IllinoisLeader.com last year, the information provided by DCFS seems to indicate that most sexual abuse of children was by foster fathers, but that foster mothers were responsible for over three-fourths of physical abuse.
Cameron's point is not that heterosexual abuse of children does not occur in the foster care setting but rather that homosexual abuse is disproportionate to their percentage in the general population.
“Professional societies are so taken with gay rights they are ignoring the evidence," said Cameron. "Just last year, the American Psychological Association (APA) declared opposition to ‘discrimination against lesbian or gay parents adoption, child custody and visitation, foster care and reproductive health services.'"
Cameron added, “How does the APA answer this new evidence?"
According to Cameron, Illinois was the first state to disclose these details about the abuse of its foster and adoptive children.
Every year, Illinois has about 60,000 children in 4,300 foster or adoption-subsidized homes.
For the 6-year period, after DCFS investigation, 966 parents were determined to have violated their charges. Of foster parents who engaged in both physical and sexual abuse, 8 of the 15 abused children of their sex.
According to a DCFS spokesman, the agency does not track the sexual orientation of prospective foster or adoptive parents. "We track our foster and adoptive parents on the basis of their being single or married. That’s it."
DCFS declined to speculate as to whether this information would lead the agency to reconsider its policies and procedures.
Yes -how does the pro-homosexual APA answer this?
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These numbers (along with all the others) are a little puzzling. Are they saying that all these same-sex abusers were identified as homosexual before the children were placed with them? And what about the 31% of women abusers who sexually abused boys ... ordinary pedophiles, or male-hating lesbians? And the 86% of male abusers who abused girls?
It sounds to me like the agencies need to completely revamp their screening and monitoring procedures. Homosexuality is only a little piece of the problem.
Hmmmmmm. 2% of the population commits 34% of the child-sexual abuse. That's disproportionate.
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“These new Illinois findings also suggest that a child’s risk of being molested is considerably higher when their parent engages in homosexuality,” according to Cameron."
It sounds like the above statement implies that the parents were homosexual, but didn't come right out and say the children were placed knowingly with homosexual couples. What are the rules in Illinois?
I'd like to see the results based on whether the child was placed with straight or homosexual foster parents. Where the children put in danger for the sake of political correctness?
WHY WOULD ANY ONE BE SURPRISED AT SUCH A FINDING ???
Homos are like roaches under the rug and behind the cabinets. It is time to find out the very ugly truth about how "NOT SO TIMID AND NICE" these people are. Other studies show that there is also a disproportionate number of homos involved in child rape/murder, but the media is protecting the homo movement in this country by not reporting these incidents to the unsuspecting public. The news media is complicit in all theses atrocities by covering them up.
Very disturbing. My wife and I were involved in fostering (not in IL), and I noted the high proportion of single adopters who took same-sex children and appeared likely to be queer.
I don't know the specific answer to this; however, would suggest the sexual act itself defines a homosexual -an active homosexual is actively engaging in homosexual activities.
In my opinion, homosexuality is defined by the 'same-sex' activity and I find it odd that homosexual activists suggest that those that sexually abuse or rape children of the same sex are not 'true' homosexuals? The term bisexual or child abuser is used in many cases to deflect the obvious homosexual reality.
In my opinion -even if one is just a recreational homosexual they suffer from the homosexual disorder...
It sounds like the above statement implies that the parents were homosexual, but didn't come right out and say the children were placed knowingly with homosexual couples. What are the rules in Illinois?
From the article:
According to a DCFS spokesman, the agency does not track the sexual orientation of prospective foster or adoptive parents. "We track our foster and adoptive parents on the basis of their being single or married. That’s it."
What evidence? That in a foster care system with huge numbers of single foster parents, and where most foster children placed with a single parent are placed with one of the same sex, 34% of molestation cases are homosexual? Duh! 100% of molestation cases in the Boy Scouts are homosexual, but by the same logic, this has nothing to do with the fact that all troop leaders and all scouts are male.
Just imagine the outcry if this foster care system was placing young girls with single fathers. Everyone would be appalled, because statistically the propensity for male-on-female molestation is huge. And given the recent rash of female teachers antics involving male students (not to mention the well-documented need of boys for a father figure), putting adolescent or teenage boys with single mothers wouldn't be such a hot idea either.
Funny how the people claiming this is evidence of homosexuals' disproportionate propensity to molest children, don't care to provide any statistics about what percentage of the homes in the overall sample involved a single parent with only same sex foster children.
“These new Illinois findings also suggest that a child’s risk of being molested is considerably higher when their parent engages in homosexuality,” according to Cameron.
The people making these rules and applying them are just as guilty as those who are physically perpetrating these acts upon these children.
May God judge them equally for surrendering these defenseless ones into the awaiting arms of preditors.
I agree with you. I was just wondering whether the agencies were deliberately placing children with known homosexuals. I speculate, from the information in the post after yours, that they *know*, but don't have a formal record.
Read my post #10 -do you suggest there is some better method to detetrmine who sufferes from the homosexual disorder than identification by homosexual act?
Given the PC doctrine entrenched in both social service and new media organizations vis-a-vis gays in society in general -- My question is how many of these pedophiles are jailed and/or placed on community pedophile notification lists?
I'm inclined to believe that both aforementioned organizations would sacrifice the child rather than anger the PC mullahs.
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I'm inclined to believe that, too.
Doesn't suprise me one bit!! I just wonder how the homosexual community will spin this!
DUH?????....no surprise here!!!!!
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