Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Dublin had a duty and responsibility to look after, guide, and counsel their parishioners including children. Unfortunately, many of the Bishops used their authority and position to sweep or cover up years of child abuse and molestation. An expert commission report concluded that the bishops put the reputation of the church as a bigger priority than the arrest and exposure of child molesters. It also appears that church reputation was prioritized over the safety of children. You can read more about this story at Experts – Priests Covered Up Priests’ Child Abuse. The actions or inactions by the Roman Catholic Church in Dublin are not isolated. Other churches throughout Europe and the United States acted with similar callousness and disregard to the safety, welfare, and rights of innocent children. The Roman Catholic Church in Dublin should have been a safe haven and refuge for these children rather than a site of abuse, neglect, and molestation.
In Davenport, Iowa, two month old (Chase Kloppenberg) was taken off of life support at Iowa City Hospital according to Sergeant Frankie Wilson with the Davenport Police Department. Brian M. Fix, the mother’s boyfriend, has been charged with the crime of child endangerment causing serious injury. In criminal of this nature, the extent of the criminal charges could be amended in light of the fact that the child died.
In Maryland and other States, schools should be a safe haven for children. Schools should be a place where children are able to learn and grow in an environment that protects their safety and well being. Unfortunately, at times, schools are crime scenes where children are assaulted, beaten, and robbed. In Cambridge, Maryland, 
A special needs teacher at a South Carolina Elementary School, Rosemary Mills, has been arrested and charged with unlawful conduct toward a child. She was reportedly witnessed by a parent of one of the other children, screaming and grabbing the child by the back of the neck and forcing the child down into a chair. She then allegedly told the boy to get up and put his book bag away, and then shoved him once he stood up. The parent reported the incident to the school, and Mills was placed on administrative leave. Nancy Britt, director of human resources for the school district, filed a police report sometime later.
Monique Manjarrez was recently called to pick up her twelve year old autistic son, Jeremy, from Kachina elementary School in Peoria, Illinois. Ms. Manjarrez was told by school administrators that she should pick Jeremy up because he had fallen and hurt himself while in the bathroom with a classroom aide. But when she saw Jeremy’s face, she felt he looked more like he had been beaten, with swollen and bruised eyes and a large bump on the back of his head.
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle recently signed into law four bills aimed at protecting children while being cared for outside the home. The new laws will better enforce preventative procedures against fraudulent child care services and help ensure child safety. The bills were introduced in reaction to discovery of fraud in the state’s child care program, Wisconsin Shares, which assists low-wage-earning parents in paying for child care.