On foxnews.com there is an article about a woman, Aimee Louise Sword, who looked up her son on the internet, which she put up for adoption 10 years ago, and then allegedly raped him. The boy is ten years old and he won’t disclose whether he knew the lady was his mother. Mental health experts are horrified and calling the case “an abomination.” Dr. Gerald Shiner, the chief of Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry at the Sinai Grace Hospital in Detroit says he doesn’t think he has ever heard of another case like that in his career. Aimee surrendered to the Waterford Township police on April 24th and then was freed on bond Wednesday following the arraignment. The house that she has as her home address is abandoned. Aimee’s attorney, Kenneth Burch, says his client “maintains her presumption of innocence.” He also states that that it is very difficult for her to accept the accusations of incest. Sword has written on her Myspace page that she’s inspired by Lil’ Kim because “she rises during the worst of obstacles.” She also stated that it reminds her of herself. Sword is confident that she will recover from the charges. The psychiatric doctor is worried that the damage to the boy could have long lasting effects, if the allegations are proven to be true.
I read this story and my first reaction was you have got to be kidding me. A woman puts her child up for adoption and then finds him. Then she allegedly rapes him. I thought that if a child is adopted then they have to be 18 or have the new parents’ permission to meet up with the biological parents. But I could be wrong. Plus I could not imagine finding my child just to horrify him by raping him. My kids are my life and I couldn’t imagine hurting them.
This poor boy, if the allegations are true, will have to live with this his entire life. The harm that is done by total strangers is bad, it’s even worse when it is a family member. Your family is supposed to protect you no matter what, not hurt you. I try to protect my kids from people who would harm them; rather it is sexually, mentally, or physically. Sometimes, God forbid, we fail but we can at least not be the one to inflict that hurt and pain on them. I really don’t know what goes through peoples’ minds that do this type of stuff. Maybe someday we can figure it out and get to the bottom of why pedophiles do what they do and “fix” them.
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This is probably one of the sickest things I have heard in awhile. I wonder who had custody of this boy and how the biological mother was able to find her son again. The internet is an excellent tool for pedophiles and parents and guardians needs to take extra precautions to ensure their children are as safe as they possibly can be from predators.
ReplyDeleteTwo words: open adoptions.
ReplyDeleteI'm not in favor of anything like this. I've seen too many stories where the birth mother decides "Oops, I've changed my mind. I want my baby back," when the kid's out of diapers.
You know what sickens me almost as much as the woman raping her son, the fact that she was freed after her arraignment
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