Just horrible. A true failure of the system. I note with disgust that even though there is a sexual abuse element to this story that the media makes no mention that it was a same sex couple..going so far as to publish a photo that appears to show a man and a woman--even though it is two men.
Just to be clear, I have no issues with same sex couples parenting..my issues are with the State CPS that allowed this to go on despite numerous red flags.
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Two Clermont County parents are accused of torturing and "cruelly abusing" their five adopted boys, according to prosecutors.
Matthew and Charles Edmonson of Batavia were indicted Tuesday on five felony counts of child endangering in connection with the abuse, the Clermont County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.
The children, who were all biologically related but adopted by the Edmonsons, were first brought to the married couple as foster children.
Prosecutors said the children had been in and out of the hospital for various reasons, including bruising, bleach burns and possible internal bleeding − symptoms that were all explained away by their adoptive parents.
"These (five) boys were born with many medical issues, and instead of being properly nurtured and cared for, they were traumatized, neglected, and abused," the release states.
Officials with the Clermont County Sheriff's Office and Clermont County Children's Protective Services made numerous efforts to help the boys but the needed evidence wasn't uncovered until Charles Edmonson, the father, was convicted of having sexual relations with a different adopted son, prosecutors said.
"The videos of these undernourished and naked children huddled up in a locked room in the basement, on the stone-cold basement floor like a pile of puppies trying to stay together to keep warm, are nothing short of gut-wrenching," Clermont County Prosecutor Mark Tekulve said in a statement.
Records show that Matthew Edmonson, 49, is currently housed at the Clermont County Jail. Her husband, 63-year-old Charles Edmonson, is at the Noble Correctional Institution.
If convicted as charged, the couple faces up to 18 years in prison.
Just to be clear, I have no issues with same sex couples parenting..my issues are with the State CPS that allowed this to go on despite numerous red flags.
Ohio couple accused of torturing, abusing 5 adopted children
The children, who were biologically related but adopted by the Edmonsons, were first brought to the married couple as foster children.
Two Clermont County parents are accused of torturing and "cruelly abusing" their five adopted boys, according to prosecutors.
Matthew and Charles Edmonson of Batavia were indicted Tuesday on five felony counts of child endangering in connection with the abuse, the Clermont County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.
The children, who were all biologically related but adopted by the Edmonsons, were first brought to the married couple as foster children.
Prosecutors said the children had been in and out of the hospital for various reasons, including bruising, bleach burns and possible internal bleeding − symptoms that were all explained away by their adoptive parents.
"These (five) boys were born with many medical issues, and instead of being properly nurtured and cared for, they were traumatized, neglected, and abused," the release states.
Officials with the Clermont County Sheriff's Office and Clermont County Children's Protective Services made numerous efforts to help the boys but the needed evidence wasn't uncovered until Charles Edmonson, the father, was convicted of having sexual relations with a different adopted son, prosecutors said.
"The videos of these undernourished and naked children huddled up in a locked room in the basement, on the stone-cold basement floor like a pile of puppies trying to stay together to keep warm, are nothing short of gut-wrenching," Clermont County Prosecutor Mark Tekulve said in a statement.
Records show that Matthew Edmonson, 49, is currently housed at the Clermont County Jail. Her husband, 63-year-old Charles Edmonson, is at the Noble Correctional Institution.
If convicted as charged, the couple faces up to 18 years in prison.
