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Howard
This page is about a young boy, Howard, taken from
his father and placed with his vindictive mother with
the help of Children's Aid. It contains pdf files with
the family's story, and some voice clips of Howard
himself, including his dramatic account of a hand test
for circumcision. Canada Court Watch assembled this
material from 2003 to 2005. The boy has disappeared,
and his current whereabouts is unknown. Edited text from
Canada Court Watch follows.
A 12-year-old boy is being detained at a
Scarborough, Ontario group home under the instructions
of the Toronto Jewish Family & Child Services
(JF&CS). This boy has never been in trouble with
the law and his only crime is wanting to live with his
father. Under the orders of the JF&CS, the boy is
not allowed to communicate with his father or with any
trusted outsider. Offers to speak with the boy while
being monitored by group home workers have been
refused by the JF&CS.
Social Services Minister, Brenda Elliot, has been
advised of this situation but appears to have done
nothing to help to the child. Brenda Elliot's Jewish
faith may be a factor in her indifference.
The child's contact with his father and all other
trusted friends was cut off after the boy disclosed
that workers with the JF&CS and the group home
coerced him to lie about his father. The boy reported
being sexually assaulted by a social worker with the
JF&CS who wanted to find out whether he was
circumcised. The boy is not Jewish and has reported
on videotape that he does not want to be Jewish but is
being forced to by his abusive Jewish mother. He has
been told he will be involutarily circimcised to
comply with Jewish tradition.
Prior to these files being recorded, the CAS had
been actively trying to take the boy from his
non-Jewish father (who had custody of the boy at the
time) and to place him in the hands of his Jewish
mother who had a history of violence and abuse
(witnessed by third parties). The clips here have
been selected to be short enough to be emailed and
also to hide the name of the boy.
| Documents |
| Silvana |
A letter asking for help, and giving facts of
the case. |
| Lawyer |
(pdf) This is a letter from Howard to the
child advocate. Howard had reported to the
advocate that a lawyer Adam McIvor (of the law
firm McIvor and McIvor in Toronto) had coerced
him to go back to his mother. When the child
advocate called the Office of the Children's
Lawyer to help, the Children's Lawyer, Dena
Moyal, said that the boy had no choice in the
selection of his lawyer, that no other persons
can be present at meetings with the child and
that the Office of the Children's Lawyer will
not tape record any interviews with their
client children. |
| Camp |
(pdf) While Howard was staying at a Jewish
children's camp in Haliburton, Ontario, he
wrote this is letter asking for the advocate's
help. When Howard's father drove for 4 hours
to Haliburton on parent's visitation day, he
was turned away at the front gate on orders
from JF&CS. Mother was allowed to
visit. |
| Father |
(pdf) A cover letter by Rev Dorian Baxter
followed by a letter from Howard's father and
a letter from one of his children. |
| Christmas |
A Christmas letter to Howard from Canada Court
Watch dated December 23, 2005. |
| advocate |
An advocate places evidence into Howard's
court record, dated January 30, 2006. |
| The remaining items
are mp3 audio files |
| Suffer |
Howard refuses to report abuse by his mother to
the police to avoid jeopardizing his visits with
his dad. |
| Threats |
Social workers threaten Howard with a worse
foster home.
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| Yells |
Mom yells and gets hysterical. |
| Slap |
Mom slaps Howard after visit with dad. |
| Lies |
Case manager Tashia suborns lies. |
| Scared |
Howard is scared by his mom, by the group home
and by CAS social worker Jeff Mintz. |
| Lawyer |
Howard fears to report abuse to his lawyer, lest
his visits with his dad be reduced. |
| Opinion |
In a phone call with his dad Howard expresses
his opinion of the Scarborough group home, but
is silenced by a the group home
supervisor. |
| Penis |
A social worker tests Howard for circumcision
by hand. Recorded August 15, 2003. |
The last recording may be the reason for Howard's
disappearance. The interviewer reported the matter to
the police and the police responded by investigating the
interviewer. Once a child has evidence of criminal
activity by child protectors, they must hide the child
to protect themselves from that evidence. For more on
this, refer to Paula
Werme -- near the middle of her page she has a box
titled Special situation.
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