I'm afraid there will be much gnashing of teeth over this case. Who determines lifestyle choices and where is the line on safety? Many correlations with the Followers of Christ in Oregon and the man who lost his children to foster care due to poor choices in traveling and homelessness. I am hopeful that every attempt will be made at reunification if this is just an issue of education or abject fear on the mother's part. "Unanswered questions" is right. I'll be watching.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101128...DeW5fbW9zdF9wb3B1bGFyBHNsawNwb2xpY2VwYWNvdXA-
Police: Pa. couple hid 5 children from society
York, Pa.~"They lived outside society, hidden from the world in a squalid row house with no heat, electricity or running water. They had no birth certificates, no schooling, no immunizations or evidence of medical care nothing whatsoever to prove their existence.
Police in this south-central Pennsylvania city are still piecing together how the parents of five children ranging in age from 2 to 13 managed to conceal them for so many years. And why...."
and
"[Detective] Ward charged Louann Bowers, 33, and Sinhue Johnson, 45, with five felony counts of child endangerment...."
and
"Years of isolation have taken their toll on the siblings. Now living in foster homes, "some of the children suffer health and vision issues," Ward wrote in an affidavit. "None of the children are at their expected education levels, and there are possible mental health issues....."
more at link
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101128...DeW5fbW9zdF9wb3B1bGFyBHNsawNwb2xpY2VwYWNvdXA-
Police: Pa. couple hid 5 children from society
York, Pa.~"They lived outside society, hidden from the world in a squalid row house with no heat, electricity or running water. They had no birth certificates, no schooling, no immunizations or evidence of medical care nothing whatsoever to prove their existence.
Police in this south-central Pennsylvania city are still piecing together how the parents of five children ranging in age from 2 to 13 managed to conceal them for so many years. And why...."
and
"[Detective] Ward charged Louann Bowers, 33, and Sinhue Johnson, 45, with five felony counts of child endangerment...."
and
"Years of isolation have taken their toll on the siblings. Now living in foster homes, "some of the children suffer health and vision issues," Ward wrote in an affidavit. "None of the children are at their expected education levels, and there are possible mental health issues....."
more at link