This is certainly a horrible predicament, & I have no trust in the child welfare folks or even the police to do the right thing anymore. The SS# isn’t anything to get hung up about. We get asked for that number for any irrelevant thing these days. If the son is experiencing abuse at the hands of the mother’s boyfriend - to the point of trembling at the prospect of being sent to his home - someone needs to intervene. The father can’t do that himself now. That means going to the authorities who have the ability to terminate custodial rights.
I will most certainly pray for the father & child.
I am 100% biased. I am a deeply, profoundly committed Christian, but I have experienced the absolute worst of ‘Christian’ Counseling. The only help I ever received was from a secular counselor after ***innumerable*** attempts at ‘Christian,’ Counseling had progressively made the situation exponentially worse.