in Houston, Texas
CPS sits on report about FLDS abuse, denies Chronicle request
Thursday, Dec 18, 2008, 09:31PM CST
By Jennifer Peebles
Remember that big fuss about that unusual church group that went by the name FLDS, where folks were alleged to be practicing polygamy and kids were getting abused, and the state went in and took like 400 kids away? Well, the state Child Protective Services agency has done an investigation into it.

But when The Houston Chronicle asked for it, CPS said no. And the reason the agency is citing isn't even a valid exemption under the Texas Public Information Act -- it's because they just want to release them later on.

From reporter Terri Langford's story:


On Wednesday, agency spokesman Patrick Crimmins confirmed that the abuse investigation is finished but said the findings would not be released because CPS officials want to release them later in an upcoming report. The agency hasn't set a date for that release, Crimmins said ...

The Chronicle's request does not seek the names of the children, only the sex and the age of each child and whether the agency found a "reason to believe" abuse occurred or that investigators were "unable to determine" any abuse or neglect happened.


Keep up with all the latest news from Texas Watchdog. Fan our page on Facebook, join our group on MySpace, follow us on Twitter, fan us on Digg, join our network on de.licio.us, and put our RSS feed in your newsreader. We're also on NewsVine, tumblr, FriendFeed and YouTube.
Comments
Be the first to post a comment.
Tweets
Peter Corbett  | 5 min 33 sec
I'm at Bethesda Bagels (1718 Connecticut Ave. NW, btwn S & R Sts. NW, Washington) http://t.co/aFtJk6L8
Peter Corbett  | 8 min 27 sec
Up early. Going in @NBCwashington @ 9am with @angiegoff to talk about @smwwdc
offthekuff | 13 min 21 sec
New OTK post HISD Board renews Grier’s contract: It was not unanimous. The Houston school board on Thursday exte... http://t.co/hEejMnrL
KFDA NewsChannel10 | 16 min 59 sec
Want to get paid for surfing the Web? Then join Google’s Screenwise project http://t.co/hQKtabot
Christine Irizarry | 36 min 45 sec
Churches are exempt from having to provide unemployment insurance. But I guess that doesn't apply to big hospitals run by religious orgs??
lstexasnews | 39 min 2 sec
No smokes at UT? http://t.co/bxWuS2CP
© 2012 TEXAS WATCHDOG and USELABS. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use and Privacy Statement