February 25, 2014 Protest in Support of Lev Tahor
Earlier today at the Chatham, Ontario courthouse, members of Lev Tahor filed their appeal of Judge Stephen Fuerth’s ruling that a Quebec court order to remove children from the community can be enforced in Ontario. At the same time, in front of the court house, a rally in support of Lev Tahor drew a crowd of supporters who view the actions of the Chatham-Kent Children’s Aid Society and the courts as harassment and discrimination from a human rights perspective.
The original court decision came down in Quebec last November and required 14 children to be placed in foster homes as a result of allegations that included abuse, poor hygiene, neglect, and poor educational standards. However, just before Quebec child welfare officials were to act, about 200 members of the sect fled their homes in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec in the middle of the night and moved to Chatham, Ontario. Lev Tahor may have taken this unprecedented move to avoid the implementation of the Quebec court order as indicated in Judge Fuerth’s decision. Continue reading
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