How Could You? Hall of Shame-Pennsylvania Child

This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.

From Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, foster/adoptive mother Richelle explains the abuse that her adopted son committed against his biological sister, foster mother and other children. The incidents took place four years ago when he was ten. The boy, now 14, is in a treatment facility in Reading, Pennsylvania. He has a felony on his record and will not be allowed home. The child’s real name has been protected. “Michael” is the pseudonym.

Prior to foster care placement with Richelle, ““Michael was raped repeatedly,” Richelle explained to us.  “He was forced to perform sex acts on his two-year-old sister. He was, has disclosed to us that he if he didn’t comply, he got hit with a yard stick, but if he complied he got candy.”
Richelle says her adopted son, we’re calling him “Michael” and his sister were sexually abused as children by their biological mother’s boyfriend, who also took video of it and sold it online. He was caught and put behind bars.
Michael and his sister were taken in by Richelle and her husband.
They put the brother and sister in therapy and did everything they could to help the siblings recover.  But it appeared as though Michael, only ten-years-old at the time, once a victim, became the offender.
“As he started approaching puberty, we saw changes in him,” Richelle admitted.  “He started to isolate his sister. He started isolating younger children that were around him.”
Michael later confessed to sexually abusing other children as well as his sister.
“A lot of tearful nights, a lot of tearful nights,” Richelle stated.
Things got a lot darker for Richelle one night, when she thought she was having a nightmare.
“I remember that I burst out and screamed,” Richelle told us.  “It must have woken up my husband, who saw my son climbing off the bed.”
She quickly realized, she wasn’t dreaming.  Her adopted son Michael had just sexually assaulted her.
“I had this nightmare of a sexual nature and just could not believe that this is what could, could this have really been happening?” Richelle recalled. ”

“His sister’s recovery appears to be going well.
“Watch what your children are doing,” Richelle advised.  “Look for signs of changes. If your gut tells you something doesn’t feel right, something isn’t right.”
Richelle says she’s speaking out about this to raise awareness to this type of abuse. She says if you see child abuse, report it. Get these kids help. ”

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[WHPTV 7/20/12 y Ewa Roman]

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