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Those were the words a woman heard as she lay in hospital with pregnancy complications.
Some background on this story..
A woman, with a young daughter from a previous relationship, meets a man and they 'fall in love'. They subsequently have 3 more children. All appears to be perfect for her and her daughter. The dream man, etc...
What she did not know was that he was a registered sex offender, on the register for sex offenders, for having sexually assaulted young girls.
She had no idea that her partner was a sex offender and a registered paedophile. No one had told her. Not once did the police approach her and tell her that the man she was making a life with was a convicted paedophile. She found out when she was in hospital suffering from complications during her pregnancy. She checked herself out of hospital and returned home, only to find out that her young daughter had been raped.
The result? She loses all of her children for failing to protect them from a sex offender. The people who took her children knew he was a sex offender and never once told her. Nor did the police. They knew he was a convicted paedophile and he was on the child protection register, to which they had access. The girl is now living with her maternal grandmother. The paedophile is awaiting sentencing.
Who failed to protect those children from a sex offender? The child safety workers who took the children away after they told her he was a paedophile, after he had already raped her daughter? Or the police, who would have known he had access to children:
The police have attempted to absolve themselves of all blame.
They had told the man's previous partner that he was a convicted sex offender, why did they not afford this woman the same courtesy and possibly save that child from being raped? Why now blame her for something she had no way of knowing?
Should she have been told by the police who were monitoring his movements at all times?
Some background on this story..
A woman, with a young daughter from a previous relationship, meets a man and they 'fall in love'. They subsequently have 3 more children. All appears to be perfect for her and her daughter. The dream man, etc...
What she did not know was that he was a registered sex offender, on the register for sex offenders, for having sexually assaulted young girls.
She had no idea that her partner was a sex offender and a registered paedophile. No one had told her. Not once did the police approach her and tell her that the man she was making a life with was a convicted paedophile. She found out when she was in hospital suffering from complications during her pregnancy. She checked herself out of hospital and returned home, only to find out that her young daughter had been raped.
The result? She loses all of her children for failing to protect them from a sex offender. The people who took her children knew he was a sex offender and never once told her. Nor did the police. They knew he was a convicted paedophile and he was on the child protection register, to which they had access. The girl is now living with her maternal grandmother. The paedophile is awaiting sentencing.
TO the unsuspecting young mother he was the man who promised a bright new future for her and her daughter.
They fell in love and she had three more children.
It was only when she was in hospital with complications with her pregnancy late last year that a DOCS caseworker told her: "You have left your children home alone with a paedophile."
The woman checked herself out of a hospital in the NSW Mid-North Coast only to discover her now 10-year-old daughter from a previous relationship had been raped by the pervert.
The woman said DOCS, initially called in to investigate her for allegedly yelling at her toddler, then removed all four children on the grounds that she had failed to protect them from a sex offender.
It was not the first time the man, while on the child protection register, had moved in with a woman and abused her daughter. His last victim was just 13 months old when he committed an act of indecency on her.
In that case, the police had previously warned the baby's mother that her new partner was a registered child offender - but she stayed with him.
The man has another unrelated conviction for indecent assault of a child under 10.
In the past decade he has worked in a childcare centre, as a cleaner in shopping mall toilets and as a community volunteer.
(Source)
Who failed to protect those children from a sex offender? The child safety workers who took the children away after they told her he was a paedophile, after he had already raped her daughter? Or the police, who would have known he had access to children:
Police said those on the child protection register were required to tell police their address, where they work, travel plans, whether they have contact with children and the details of their car.
The commander of the sex crimes squad Detective Superintendent John Kerlatec said there was almost 100 per cent compliance with legislation.
The police have attempted to absolve themselves of all blame.
NSW Police Minister Michael Daley refused to comment on whether police could tell the new partners of paedophiles that they were on the child protection register, to which only some police have access.
A spokesman said: "By law, I cannot confirm or deny the identity of anybody on the child protection register."
They had told the man's previous partner that he was a convicted sex offender, why did they not afford this woman the same courtesy and possibly save that child from being raped? Why now blame her for something she had no way of knowing?
Should she have been told by the police who were monitoring his movements at all times?