Exposing Abuse at Abuse Shelters

Calendar June 21, 2008 | Posted by ANCPR

A member of the board of directors from a chain of abuse shelters contacted us last week. They brought forth a total of 187 current and former employees who are willing to testify to the abuses of shelter residents, falsification of funding requests, embezzlement, padding of resident numbers, sexual harassment of residents, and others throughout a chain of abuse shelters in Florida. We can not disclose the name or location (beyond the state) of this chain of shelters.

The witnesses said that they can prove every item we exposed in our piece, “Congressional Guidelines for Abusing Women” and more, including specific grants violations under HUD, VAWA, VOCA and others.

 True Equality Network has been requested to manage the deposition of the witness, due to the witnesses’ distrust of the legal system. TEN has agreed to do this. In order to accomplish this project we are going to need to find a few attorneys willing to help depose the witnesses – pro bono, raise money to cover running expenses and set-up a temporary office in Florida to run the operation from (this could be a extended stay suite or the like or a borrowed apartment, home, or office space) for approximately two months. For security reasons the temporary office can not be shared space.

Additionally, the witnesses have requested that we find an investigative reporter to work with them to document this story. We need your help to locate all of the above.

Stay tuned for updates…

Yours truly,
Terri Lynn Tersak
President & C.E.O.
True Equality Network
 
member - Affiliate
R.A.D.A.R.: Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting
 
P.O. Box 14214
Research Triangle Park NC 27709
919.442.7200


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3 comments

  1. noholds says:
    June 27, 2008 at 8:13 pm

    I totally understand. Being a former victim of domestic violence, I was subjected to live in shelters for a period of time.
    My experience has left me depressed.
    I know how corrupt the system is.
    I PLAN TO EXPOSE ALL OF THEM IN ……..

  2. Merck says:
    July 27, 2008 at 7:33 am

    Most of the women being exploited by these shelters are not innocent victims.

    Most of them come to these shelters for help with kidnapping their children and destroying their husbands.

    It’s like seeking help with destroying your spouse for the purpose of extortion, and then complaining about being taken advantage of by the criminals who are supposed to be helping you.

    If you climb into bed with criminals, you’re no better than they are, and you can’t expect anyone to care about what happens to you as a result.

    It’s unfortunate for the women who really need help escaping actual abuse, but they’re far from being the only victims of this criminal enterprise.

    Kevin Merck

  3. Tracy Durbala says:
    May 30, 2010 at 7:14 pm

    I don’t agree with what this says about women staying at shelters to seek refuge from an abusive male — saying they go to lie about abuse and seek custody at a shelter is ridiculous. Obviously there’s no need to have men abuse shelters. I lost all three of my children to my ex husbands, and yes they abused me and yes I even stayed at a shelter a few times. They are both 6’4 at 200 and 280 lbs and I am 5’4 and weigh 120. I don’t like men any taller than me now. It’s hard for me to like men at all really.

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