http://www.babylovechild.org Yet another Bastard Blog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:01:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Blog housekeeping note- Doing multiple posts today, please read down through my previous post as well.) An important new development out of Haiti today, Laura Silsby, "Executive Director and Founder" of New Life Chidren's Refuge and its botched "Haiti Orphan Rescue Plan" (link opens a PDF) is facing an additional charge ... http://www.babylovechild.org/2010/03/12/haiti-new-charge-brought-against-laura-silsby-organization-of-irregular-trips/ See Southern California child molester faces new charges in Florida Members of the media watch a Florida FBI videotaped interview from March 8, 2010, of Jackie Zudis, an alleged victim of George England, as she describes living and being abused by England for over 20 years, Thursday, March 11, 2010, in ... http://www.babylovechild.org/2010/03/12/george-englands-purchased-vietnamese-adopted-daughters-allegations-of-sexual-abuse-lead-to-fl-charges/ Yet still more Alerts and notices from the U.S. State Department concerning Intercountry adoptions. Ongoing corruption and falsified paperwork in Nepal, a suspension, pending a review of adoptions from Swaziland, and child buying and selling, errrr "media reports alleging direct recruitment" in Ethiopia. Nepal Alert Caution About Pursuing an Adoption in Nepal March ... http://www.babylovechild.org/2010/03/10/ten-days-into-march-and-already-2-alerts-nepal-and-swaziland-and-a-notice-on-ethiopia-from-the-state-department/ As I wrote last Friday, see Charisa Coulter’s release papers signed, Silsby becomes a useful scapegoat, it was clear her release would most likely happen today. Not exactly surprising, especially considering her medical condition. (How insane do you have to be to be diabetic and yet run off to a post earthquake ... http://www.babylovechild.org/2010/03/08/charisa-coulter-vp-and-co-founder-of-new-life-childrens-refuge-released-from-jail-in-haiti/ Been meaning to mention this here for a few days now. By way of a brief refresher overview on the Rendells' Raid, readers may want to refer back to this piece from my earlier post Haiti series- “It is madness. It is insane…” Bribes, Bullies, and Traffickers extract kids, Part 4: ... http://www.babylovechild.org/2010/03/06/governor-rendell-lied-to-taxpayers-about-the-cost-of-his-religiously-based-child-scavenging-raid/ Charisa Coulter's release papers have been signed, but for lack of the official stamp, she will remain in jail until Monday at the earliest. Laura Silsby remains in the Haitian jail pending further investigation. The Daily Bastardette post pretty much says all I would, and contains the pertinent links: SAINT-VIL: SILSBY ... http://www.babylovechild.org/2010/03/05/charisa-coulters-release-papers-signed-silsby-becomes-a-useful-scapegoat/ Has this whole spectacle of the New Lifer's arrests in Haiti and the ensuing international incident taught the people involved any kind of lesson, led to any form of remorse (other than their remorse at being caught red-handed), or dissuaded them from their current intended course of actions? Apparently not. By way ... http://www.babylovechild.org/2010/03/04/the-raw-unvarnished-audacity-of-of-the-missionary-adoption-mindset/ I wanted to highlight a comment I just received to this post as it brings out some of broader themes I've been trying to find time to write to. The Wall Street Journal article Teresa references below concerning Laura's Silsby's apparent previous attempt at building a complex in Kuna, Idaho for ... http://www.babylovechild.org/2010/03/02/laura-silsbys-pipedreams-of-a-future-in-the-child-containment-industry/ It has been apparent for some time now that  the "New Life Children Refuge" Laura Silsby and the teams in Haiti and the Dominican Republic were working on didn't just magically spring into being. It was a project built upon church networks, and supported financially by churches and the members thereof. In ... http://www.babylovechild.org/2010/03/01/central-valley-baptist-church-used-its-tax-status-for-donations-for-laura-silsbys-new-life-mission/ This is my response to both Triona/73 adoptee's post, "Compromising On Adoptee Access? The Foot You Shoot May Be Your Own", and to those who have left comments on her piece. (Please read those prior to reading my response.) I'm an Ohio Bastard from the black hole years. I am one ... http://www.babylovechild.org/2010/02/26/my-comment-on-73-adoptees-compromising-on-adoptee-access-the-foot-you-shoot-may-be-your-own/