A lead article titled “Wife jailed; made false claim PFA was violated” goes on to report:
“The charge: violating a protection-from-abuse order filed by his wife, Kelly Eileen Pope, of Mount Joy. According to his wife, Pope had sent her an e-mail saying that ”If I can’t have you, no one will, I will kill you first before I let you leave me.’ Douglas Pope spent 16 days in jail for sending the e-mail.
“Except he never sent it.”
WATCHDOG: As has been asserted by a local father’s rights group, the pendulum of justice tends to swing too far. The Feminist Movement was valuable and essential, but recognition of the rights of women and mothers must not result in neglecting the rights of men and fathers.
A wag of the tail for District Attorney Craig Stedman and Assistant District Attorney Susan Ellison for prosecuting the case and urging jail time. and for to the Sunday News for prominently reporting it.
700,000 men in America were charged with PFA’s that were dismissed last year. Yet, before they were dismissed these men lost there rights to due process, property, freedom and mostly to their children.
Even after a PFA is proven illigetimate the loss is not rectified. Almost all men loose in custody. Our children end up in the arms of liars and false accusers for generations. Its all but an American tradition.
More liars in jail I say – and more innocent good fathers with their children!!!
I am grateful the paper was willing to cover this story. While they have previously refused to cover this subject they did respond and print this story. The media is required to change this travesty and needs to stop pandering to those who would portend that men are bad and women are wonderful by design.
Thanks Marv and Gil for covering this. And for Newslanc for covering the pieces they refused prior. Perhaps the fact that Newslanc had begun publishing on this topic helped inspire the paper to cover this story when asked.
Ben
Daddy Justice
I think it’s difficult to evaluate the claims of Fathers for Justice. Obviously, custody disputes and PFAs are typically rather nasty affairs. It’s up to the courts to decide who wins and who doesn’t.
If, in the view of the losing party, justice isn’t being served, he should appeal or go through the proper channels. When Ben uses evaluative terms like “lost [their] rights,” “liars in jail,” “liars and false accusers” and “innocent, good fathers,” he’s stating HIS impressions, HIS conclusions. The mothers and their allies – and often the judges – have a different point of view.
It’s difficult to take sides here and say who’s right, who’s innocent, who was wrongly accused, etc. Just because Fathers for Justice are out there protesting and hounding public officials doesn’t necessarily mean that they are anything more than just that – a group of fathers who are angry that they lost custody battles.
I appreciate that IF THERE WAS systematic abuse and prejudice, such fathers would be in a tough spot and have to do what they’re doing, but that’s my point – we have to take their word for it, the word of a directly interested party.
Thank you anonymous. Well said. If anyone believes for 1 minute that judges have a secret agenda of taking away father’s rights they are sadly mistaken. And I don’t think the taxpayers are thrilled about the fact that we have to pay for the judges and all of their staff to sort out and try to make the decision that’s in the best interest of the child because the 2 dysfunctional parents are completely unwilling to compromise!
My advice to all the men and women out there who are having sex to make sure you know who you are laying down with. If you choose to rush in to having sex before you truly know that person then you better realize that if the relationship ends, your mate HAS rights.They are not your servants and you may not bully them into always giving you everything you want.!
And if you go around falsely accusing them of being in relationships with other men,when that isn’t true, don’t be suprised if your child who may live with the mother and knows there have been no other men sees that you’re a liar. Grow up, put the best interest of the child first. Be willing to compromise and we’ll (taxpayers), mom and dad but especially the children will be so much happier