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A retired Aurora police sergeant faces criminal charges for raping his daughter and continually sexually assaulting her and his two adopted daughters, but he remains free from custody while his ex-wife is in jail for objecting to court-ordered reunification therapy meant to repair his relationship with two of his sons.

  • Jojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    Reunification therapy is a child-focused therapy, meaning it must proceed at the child’s pace, and move forward when they have made progress. It can also be difficult as parents are asked to put aside their differences and focus on the goal of restoring healthy attachment for the benefit of the child or children.

    Meanwhile:

    She said she checked on her children during the session and found one of her sons curled in a fetal position on the ground in Bassett’s office

    She went into the room, and the very first thing that my boy said that she told them was, ‘We need to make progress, and today you need to tell your father that you forgive him.’

    Whatever this therapy is supposed to be, it doesn’t really sound like that’s what’s happening.

    • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Yeah I agree. There’s something fishy about this whole article though.

      How is the mother even in jail when a year ago Colorado put restrictions on the therapy in just these sorts of cases? I feel like either some facts are being misrepresented, or we’re not being told everything, or this is some strange outlier and judicial malfeasance.