False Allegations of Child Abuse.

I firmly believe that the guilty should be punished and innocent vindicated. That should be the thrust of any Legalisation. Any other Criteria would be unjust and unacceptable.

1. Currently, about one third of the received reports are subsequently confirmed. (child abuse statistics-health board) What of the other two thirds? Does this mean that the other two thirds are guilty, but not proven, or are they presumed innocent? Otherwise anybody reported is guilty by default using these criteria?

2. Sexual Abuse in Divorce SAID is a trend, which has been on the increase worldwide. It usually involves the mother making allegations, or the threat of allegations that the separated father has sexually abused their child/children. This allegation is directly related to her seeking sole custody of the children and is intended at best, to restrict the father's contact with his children to very limited and supervised access, while at worst it totally destroys the father child relationship altogether and always results in irreparable damage to innocent fathers and their children.

3. In Ireland, where parents separate is there a significant statistical link between Court Applications for Access/Custody of Children by the mother and the emergence of an allegation of child sexual abuse from the mother (who currently retains sole custody of the children)?
Do the Health Board publish such statistics?
Do the Health Board even record this specific statistic?

The unprofessional and biased handling of many allegations of child abuse leads to the destruction of the relationships for many innocent fathers and their children.

Situations do not change until they are quantified and acknowledged.

See my proposals for procedures to be used where an allegation is made against a father of child abuse.