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>> INDUCING SEX FROM A MINOR CAN
BE FOSTER PARENTS IN THE STATE
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
DEPARTMENT HAS THE POLICY LISTED
IN THEIR HANDBOOK AND IT WAS A
BOSTON HERALD FIRST REPORTED ON
ABOUT 110 CRIMES ON THE POSSIBLE
PERSPECTIVE.
THEY CAN HAVE IT ON RECORD AND
QUALIFY TO TAKE CARE OF AT RISK
KIDS.
HERE'S A PARTIAL LIST OF
ACCEPTABLE CRIMES.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
ASSAULT BY WEAPON.
INDUCED SEX WITH A MINOR.
ERIN SMITH IS AN INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER WITH THE BOSTON HERALD.
ERIN, WHY?
THE QUESTION IS WHY WOULD THIS
AGENCY DO THIS?
EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.
>> THIS IS PART OF A LARGER
SERIES.
MY COLY ING AND I HAVE BEEN
LOOKING INTO POLICIES WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES AND ABUSE WITHIN THE
COST FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
WE UNCOVERED THIS POLICY.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS NOT
WORRIED.
THE AGENCY HAS SAID THEY ONLY
REQUIRE FOSTER PARENT OR LET
FOSTER PARENTS'S CRIMINAL RECORD
DOS THIS SPARINGLY.
THEY REFUSED TO PROVIDE NUMBERS.
THEY TRACK THIS ACCORDING TO
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
THEY REFUSED THUS FAR TO PROVIDE
NUMBERS ABOUT HOW MANY CONVICTED
CRIMINALS HAVE BEEN FOSTER
PARENTS.
>> LET ME READ THE RESPONSE HERE
THAT WE GOT FROM THE
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF
FAMILY AND CHILDREN.
THEY USE THE NATURE OF A CRIME