Saturday, June 28, 2014

Daenerys and Sexual Abuse as Punishment - Valley of the Moon Children's Home




Daenerys exhibited warning signs of ongoing sexual abuse. Instead of helping her by determining how she was being abused and by whom; staff employed sexual abuse in order to coerce her compliance. [1]

Daenerys, a seven year old girl, took off her clothes in front of a male staff member. A female supervisor came into the room and Daenerys rubbed her naked bottom on the supervisor's pant leg.

Staff restrained Daenerys. Staff member Robert Duffy writes in his written report of the incident, “Resident then started to rub her naked buttocks against R. Brunier’s pants leg. She was then placed in a two person transport by R Brunier and J. McDonald and removed to the separation room.” She was locked in the room for an extended period of time. The Separation Room is in a common area of the facility, and it has windows.

Supervisor Reyna Brunier’s written account of the incident adds, “Supervisor and DCS did not feel comfortable performing a containment on the resident while nude from the waist down.”

Staff considered two choices of punishment for Daenarys’ sexual abuse outcry; a physical restraint during which she would probably would be pinned to the ground or held by a staff member; or restrain her and drag her through a common area of the facility in order to lock her in a room with windows in a common area.

Daenerys was put on display in a sexually compromised condition as punishment for the staff’s perceived slight. Exhibiting Daenerys in such a sexually compromising position is sexual abuse.




[1] Daenerys is the name we gave to this child. Incident Report 5618-6768

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