(Wakefield, England) In June 2006, two homosexual men, Ian Wathey and his partner Craig Faunch, were sentenced to prison after being convicted of molesting young boys placed in their foster care. Wathey, 43, received five years and Faunch, 33, received a six-year prison sentence.
Ian Wathey and Craig Faunch
Since last year, an investigation has been conducted to determine how two homosexual foster parents could have sexually abused so many young boys for such a long time without being exposed.
In a scathing report published yesterday, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council was condemned for treating the men as "trophy carers."The report specified 41 recommendations for improving the foster care process.
The children's charity Kidscape said those in charge of overseeing the safety of children in the care of Faunch and Wathey had allowed political correctness to override common sense.
The report, following an independent review of the case, said: "One manager described the couple as 'trophy carers' which led to 'slack arrangements' over placement.
"Another said that by virtue of their sexuality they had a 'badge' which made things less questionable.
"The sexual orientation of the men was a significant cause of people not 'thinking the unthinkable.'
"It was clear that a number of staff were afraid of being thought homophobic.
"The fear of being discriminatory led them to fail to discriminate between the appropriate and the abusive."
The report also accused the council of failing to carry out proper assessments before and after the children were placed with Faunch and Wathey.
Pretty sick, eh?
Tip: Travis Evans
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