ABSTRACT

I received a call from a man I will call Frank,1 obviously in great distress. Arrested for sexually molesting his seven-year-old granddaughter, he was taken from his home in handcuffs, incarcerated, and red from his job as a substance abuse counsellor at the Veterans Administration because of the arrest. Charges were dropped when his granddaughter recanted, but at the time Frank recalled his le was still open in the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) and he was only permitted supervised visitation with her.