Investigation

ahrb · Senior Member

Investigation

Ginger · Veteran Member

LIA doesn't advertise their rules and regulations. The only way we even have access to it is because of Zach posting it in his blog. And he wasn't even supposed to have it. So they have to prove that abuse exists. You have to prove everything beyond a reasonable doubt in this country. Besides that, just because they are being investigated doesn't mean that they will find anything at first. LIA unfortunately have a lot of power.

wappy · Veteran Member

http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=1264

http://www.washblade.com/2005/6-24/view/editorial/lockup.cfm

http://www.washblade.com/2005/6-24/news/national/tennprobe.cfm

I'm sort of out of the loop, so bear with me if you've already read these, but LIA is under investigation.

http://www.mikeditto.com/archives/love_in_action_media_update

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June 25, 2005

Love in Action Media Update

The Associated Press has picked up the story:

(Memphis, Tennessee) Tennessee is investigating an abuse complaint against a therapy group in Memphis that claims to turn gay teens into heterosexuals.

The Department of Children’s Services says it received a complaint about Love in Action, which runs an outpatient therapy program. The complaint was screened and enough substance was found to open an investigation, state officials said.

Judging by the volume of stories from various sources on Google News I’d say the story has legs. Great work, bloggers. John Smid from Love in Action is directly attributing the investigation to the internet campaign that you have waged.

grr, library computer doesn't copy paste well...

-- Edited by wappy at 21:06, 2005-06-25

Ginger · Veteran Member

I myself can't wait to hear what their findings are.

wappy · Veteran Member

Me too. It could make or break our case, though. If they decide all is fine and well in LIA (though I don't know HOW) it would make proceeding more difficult.

ahrb · Senior Member

Any idea how long the investigation will take ? When will we know something ?

ahrb · Senior Member

Department of Children's Services:

Tenn. Code Ann.

T.C.A. § 37-1-102(b)
(1) �Abuse� exists when a person under the age of eighteen (18) is suffering from, has sustained, or may be in immediate danger of suffering from or sustaining a wound, injury, disability or physical or mental condition caused by brutality, neglect or other actions or inactions of a parent, relative, guardian or caretaker.

(21) "Severe child abuse' means:
(A) The knowing exposure of a child to or the knowing failure to protect a child from abuse or neglect that is likely to cause great bodily harm or death and the knowing use of force on a child that is likely to cause great bodily harm or death;
(B) Specific brutality, abuse or neglect towards a child which in the opinion of qualified experts has caused or will reasonably be expected to produce severe psychosis, severe neurotic disorder, severe depression, severe developmental delay or retardation, or severe impairment of the child's ability to function adequately in the child's environment, and the knowing failure to protect a child from such conduct.