From reading the Fox 11 story that was linked, it seems there were three children that were “appointed”, including Ethan’s 7-year-old twin (whom I hope has been moved again). The 15-year-old son was given the responsibility of overseeing the punishment and was too aggressive in his administering it.
Of course, the media is going to latch onto the Bible verse angle but that’s not the issue. The father was negligent in allowing the 15-year-old to beat the 7-year-old regardless of what he was being disciplined over.
Mom, in the photo, looks heavily sedated and I have to wonder why *she* allowed this sort of abuse. Couldn’t she look out the window and see the punishment was excessive?
Yeah, but if she was getting the crap beat out of her as well, she was probably terrified of speaking up.
It continued over the course of at least a week and so the foster parents were well aware of what was going on.