Jeffersonville man charged with sexually abusing adopted daughters
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080426/NEWS02/804260495
A Jeffersonville man has been accused of repeatedly molesting his three
adopted daughters from 1996 to 2007.
Charles Sparks, 60, was charged yesterday in Clark County Circuit Court
with 32 counts of child molestation, 15 counts of sexual misconduct with
a minor and 11 counts of child seduction.
If convicted of all the charges, he would face a sentence of "hundreds
of years" in prison, said Jeffersonville Police Detective Charles
Thompson.
The sisters, who are now 17, 20 and 22 years old, had been placed in
Sparks' home by state Child Protective Services because they had been
sexually abused by their biological father as young girls, Thompson said.
One of the girls had complained about Sparks to Clarksville police and
Child Protective Services in 2001 when she was 13, Thompson said, and he
was temporarily removed from the home but was allowed to return about
two months later.
Thompson said the latest investigation began in February, after the
youngest girl alleged that she was raped and sexually abused. He said
the girl passed a series of polygraph tests, and the investigation
turned up the earlier complaint.
At an initial hearing yesterday, Clark Circuit Judge Daniel Donahue
entered a preliminary plea of not guilty for Sparks and set bail at
$100,000 cash. Donahue also set a Sept. 23 trial date.
Jef Fifer, Sparks' lawyer, declined to comment after yesterday's
hearing, saying he had just received the case.
Jerry Jacobi, a former Clark Superior Court judge who handled the 2001
case against Sparks, reviewed the file yesterday after being asked about
it. In August 2001, Jacobi said, he ordered Sparks to stay away from the
home and his adopted daughters based on a complaint from one of the girls.
Jacobi said Sparks failed a polygraph test and admitted to touching the
girl's genital area. But Jacobi said he lifted the order banning Sparks
from the home and dismissed the case after a hearing at which he
interviewed the girl in the presence of a lawyer for Child Protectiive
Services and for the adoptive mother. He said he doesn't remember the
interview but would have dismissed the case only if the girl had recanted.
"The interview is a critical part of the decision," Jacobi said.
He also said there is no record in the file of any objection to that
decision by Child Protective Services.
But a report submitted by the agency to police this month as part of the
current investigation said its Clark County office was "disgusted and in
dismay" that the 2001 case was dismissed. "Our belief was that one or
all of these children would suffer from repeated molestation by Mr.
Sparks," the report said.
The local office referred questions yesterday to the agency's
Indianapolis office, which didn't return a call seeking comment.
Sparks worked as a bus driver for Greater Clark County Schools from 1988
to 2005 and more recently as a second-shift custodian at Parkview Middle
School, Superintendent Tony Bennett said.
Sparks was suspended without pay on April 17 when police notified the
school system of its investigation, Bennett said yesterday.
"We had no previous knowledge" of allegations against Sparks, Bennett
said.
He and Thompson said none of the allegations involve children other than
Sparks' adopted daughters.
Reporter Ben Zion Hershberg can be reached at (812) 949-4032.
An Inconvenient Truth about Child Protective Services, Foster care, and
the Child Protection "INDUSTRY"
Child Protective Services Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of CPS.
every parent should read the free handbook from
connecticut dcf watch...
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com
Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS
Perpetrators of Maltreatment
Physical Abuse CPS/Foster care 160, biological Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS/Foster care 112, biological Parents 13
Neglect CPS/Foster care 410, biological Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS/Foster care 14 biological Parents 12
Fatalities CPS/Foster care 6.4, biological Parents 1.5
Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.
THIS IS AMERICA'S HIDDEN HOLOCAUST
Currently Child Protective Services violates more constitutionally
guaranteed liberties & civil rights on a daily basis then all other
agencies combined, Including the National Security agency/Central
intelligence agency wiretaping programs…
THE CORRUPT BUSINESS OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
BY: Nancy Schaefer Senator, 50th District of Georgia
http://www.senatornancyschaefer.com/articles.php?filter=6
This is Child Protection?
By Gregory A. Hession, J.D.
http://www.jbs.org/node/4632
Mercenary Motherhood: "Memoirs of a Babystealer."
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-callahan16oct16,0,5019944.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail
FOSTER CARE IS A 80 PERCENT FAILURE:. A Brief Analysis of the Casey
Family Programs. Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study. By Richard Wexler
http://www.nccpr.org/reports/cfpanalysis.doc
HOW THE WAR AGAINST CHILD ABUSE BECAME A WAR AGAINST CHILDREN
http://www.nccpr.org/issues/1.html
Adoption Bonuses: The Money Behind the Madness
DSS and affiliates rewarded for breaking up families
By Nev Moore Massachusetts News
http://www.massnews.com/past_issues/2000/5_May/mayds4.htm
A recent study has found that 12-18 months after leaving foster care:
30% of the nation’s homeless are former foster children.
27% of the males and 10% of the females had been incarcerated
33% were receiving public assistance
37% had not finished high school
2% receive a college degree
50% were unemployed
Children in foster care are three to six times more likely than children
not in care to have emotional, behavioral and developmental problems,
including conduct disorders, depression, difficulties in school and
impaired social relationships. Some experts estimate that about 30% of
the children in care have marked or severe emotional problems. Various
studies have indicated that children and young people in foster care
tend to have limited education and job skills, perform poorly in school
compared to children who are not in foster care, lag behind in their
education by at least one year, and have lower educational attainment
than the general population.
*Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support
80 percent of prison inmates have been through the foster care system.
The highest ranking federal official in charge of foster care, Wade Horn
of the Department of Health and Human Services, is a former child
psychologist who says the foster care system is a giant mess and should
just be blown up.
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=2017991
Four rigorous studies have found that at least 30 percent of America’s
foster children could be home right now if their parents had decent
housing.
This study found thousands of children already in foster care who would
have done better had child protection agencies not taken them away in
the first place.
Front-page story in USA Today.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-07-02-foster-study_N.htm?csp=34#Close
The full study is available here.
http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_fosterlt_march07_aer.pdf
The bottom line? - Child Protective Services and the Foster Care system
for the most part turns out young adults that are nothing more than
walking wreckage...
CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CONSTITUTIONALLY
GUARANTEED LIBERTIES & CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER
AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAMS....
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...
BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...
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