Scenario: Mom (Non-Purp Doesn’t Believe There Is Sex Abuse Occurring). What Would You Do?
You are investigating a case in which the Boyfriend (BF) of the mother is alleged to being sexually abusing the mother’s 7 and 6 year old sons. The school called it in saying the children are constantly falling asleep at school, acting sexual with the other children in school, sexually flirting with the teachers, and peeing on themselves. All the classic signs of Child Sexual Abuse. You talk to the children and they say the BF of the mother demands they take a shower with him. That he ‘cuddles’ with the boys when they are watching TV making them uncomfortable. They also say mom works at night (3rd shift) and he watches them and comes upstairs to play games with them. The games include tag like ‘you grab my penis and you are it, then I grab your penis and you are it’. You go out to the home and the BF denies every doing this and if the boys are sexually acting out in school that he will take care of it later today. You interview the mother separately the same day and she says she doesn’t believe the allegations and the boys are jealous she has a man. You ask the mother if she knows that her BF is a registered sex offender of a 1 year old girl 10 years ago (The BF is now 40 years old). She says yes but that was when he was 30 and it was with this “16 year old slut girl and he wouldn’t do this to my boys because he is not Gay because he has sex with me daily”.
How do you respond and how do you ensure the children remain safe?
