• TinSoldier said on Mar 24, 2007....

  I've actually been falsely accused of molesting my own kids. I won't go into details but I can tell you it made me a little crazy. Especially since CPS made me leave my own house, despite the fact that everyone in my family knew it wasn't true.
  
  Now, it didn't have any effect on my professional life because I was never in a position to work with kids on a day-to-day basis. However, it did sour my relationship with my neighbors (who were the accusers) which took a very long time to start to heal.
  
  In some ways, that wound never did heal. I try not to think about it, however.
  

• husbandhater said on Mar 24, 2007....

  I've gone through being falsely accused to CPS from an old deranged Landlady I use to have. I wish the neighbors had told me she was schezo they all just told me don't move in she's off but I thought they just didn't like her. She had done this to every teanant that she had and even her own kids. The things you find out when you actually STOP to speak to some of your neighbors( as I tend to stay to myself but started to ask questions after everything happened(she also wanted us out of the apartment but we wouldn't leave till the lease was up and she thought this would make us go faster. The charges were unfounded but it still hurt b/c we are hard working parents.

• beyondtheveil said on Mar 24, 2007....

  HH- In a case like this I would want the accused not necessarily arrested, but at least placed on leave with pay until it was resolved. There are many cases of people being wrongly accused.
   
  It's a tough call sometimes, but if he didn't do it, it is a travesty. I somehow find it strange they went for immediate arrest and incarceration.
   
  I consider protection of children top priority, but in this case his removal from the school would have been sufficient until they at least did some investigation.

• Ladyfly said on Mar 25, 2007....

  I have 3 small children 8 years and younger. If that were my daughter, I would arrest now and ask questions later. If he's innocent, then they can fix that later. But if he is guilty and no arrest happens, he would be free to harm another child. No child should be put in harms way. I feel bad for the little girl and the man if he is in fact innocent. Hopefully he understands that they had to detain him until they could find out the truth. No one really wins when child molestation is involved.

• silverwhisper said on Mar 25, 2007....

  i don't think there's a worse charge you can hurl at somebody. and b/c prosecuting child molesters is incredibly difficult, even if charges are dropped, there will always be lingering suspicion.
  
  were it mine? i'd like to think that my interest would be in being damned sure that the accused is the perp. if he isn't, i would offer whatever assistance was possible in restoring his reputation.
  
  if he is however, i'd like to think that i would allow the law to handle the situation. inmates are notoriously unpleasant to child molesters.
  
  ed

• husbandhater said on Mar 25, 2007....

  I think the accused said that he had a horrible experience with the Jail situation due to his charges. I feel bad for the guy. Like I said, when they removed the Principal b/c of previous accusations with the same little girl I kind of knew it wasn't him. I think it might of occurred with a different person and the child needs help. She was just crying out.

   But his reputation and all the time built on the job and his standing have now been ruined.Even if he truely did nothing he will always be looked upon with a doubtful eye. This 1 is a double edged sword guys. As sad as this is. I feel the Police did their job.I'm sorry it traumatized him and destroyed him(He was crying on tv when he was released),but they had to investigate and I think this took detaining him.

• Muckraker said on Mar 25, 2007....

  This is a sad case.  The lesson here is for anyone working around children.  Never be alone with a child.  If you find yourself alone with one go to other people as soon as possible.  Sometimes kids will tell lies, yes they actually do.  I was around them for 30 years.  In these cases care needs to be taken to protect the reputation of both until the facts are established.  Unfortunately this is difficult to do when emotions are running high.  Again I say for people working around kids, this is an occupational hazard, and you had best have your thinking cap on, when at work.

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