Lawsuit: Arizona DCS UPDATED

“A lawsuit has been filed against employees of the Department of Child Safety after a 7-year-old [foster girl] was placed in a home where a registered sex offender was on the record living. ”

Gregory McKay is named in the lawsuit. Negligence is what is being charged. The child was molested by the sex offender living at the home.

Lawsuit filed after foster child placed in sex offender’s home

[12 News 6/19/18]

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Update:“Pastor claims the state placed his client, a then 7-year-old foster child, in a home where Jose Egurrola, a registered sex offender, was on the record living. The lawsuit says DCS “failed to conduct an investigation of the foster home including checking the Arizona Department of Public Safety sex offender registry.”

“Just like a parent, the state of Arizona had a responsibility to protect this child to make sure that she was safe,” Pastor said.

Pastor said the child was subsequently molested by the sex offender.”

“The lawsuit alleges gross negligence, saying DCS placed the foster child in a home where a registered sex offender lived.”

DCS employees sued for allegedly placing foster child in home with sex offender

[12News 6/20/18 by Bianca Buono]