By now, you’ve probably read about the child pornography ring that has been brought to justice, and the Christian Social Council that stood back and didn’t do a fucking thing to intervene, when they could have done so MONTHS, NAY YEARS!! ago. If they did their homework and follow-ups like ALL social workers should, they could’ve detected the abuse earlier on, and the exploitation of those children could’ve been avoided.
I understand that the so-called Christian Social Council is not responsible for the actual sexual and emotional abuse of these children, but isn’t the greater evil at play here the indifference of supposedly good men and women?
My colleague drafted a letter to the CSC board, check it out below. And feel free to give the Christian Social Council a buzz and ask them to drop the Christian and the Social from their title, they don’t seem to bear any of the qualities
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9 December 2010
For the attention of:
Rev JH van Loggerenberg (Chairman) Fax: (012) 333-0424
Mrs Edelweiss Schienke (MD) Fax: (012) 343-2954 (Tel) (012) 460-9272
Dr Nick Pienaar (Manager) Fax: (012) 379-6892 (Tel) (012) 379-5860/546 0650
To the board, management and social workers at The Christian Social Council:
With reference to the reports (http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/child-porn-victim-don-t-eina-me-1.999297) where the Christian Social Council has been implicated in the most severe manner in violation of the protection of the neglected children you claim to serve:
1. Regardless of whether you personally stood by and did nothing whilst the most abominable evil under this sun was perpetrated against little children, I can only pray that you have been propelled into action by the damning reports and letters such as mine to take decisive and swift action against those who were involved;
2. That you are reviewing your governance structures and processes to ensure that NEVER again will this be allowed to happen in any institution that you are personally involved with.
According to your website “Our main aim is to give hope to people in despair’ Edelweiss Schieke, Director CSC North.
As a mother I am sickened that any child has to endure what these children had to endure, but most of all I am completely and utterly mortified that a so-called Christian centre that has been set up with the purpose to ‘ truly give hope to people in despair’ has seemingly been achieving the direct opposite.
This is truly one of the saddest situations that I have ever had the misfortune to learn about. I could not be part of this evil by simply standing by and doing nothing. I hope that my letter, as insignificant as it seems, would find a touch point within your board and somehow add impetus to you doing the right thing.
Michelle R
Mother of two small children