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A Betrayal of Trust: Child Molestation Alleged in Contra Costa CPS
epoch times ^ | 8/28/2019 | PATRICK HOWLEY

Posted on 08/28/2019 5:02:23 PM PDT by bitt

The Contra Costa County Department of Children and Family Services (CFS, or CPS) in California appears to have a problem with the sexual abuse of children.

The Epoch Times interviewed whistleblower parents, children, and a mental health professional in the county who say children are being sexually abused within a system that is meant to protect them.

In July, a father–son duo, Simon Mendoza Chavez, 64, and Simon Magana Chavez, 31, in the Contra Costa County city of Antioch were arrested on charges of committing multiple crimes during their years-long tenure as foster parents, according to a little-publicized police department release.

“On 6-13-19, members of the Antioch Police Department began investigating an extensive sexual abuse case. The abuse involved several minors that were victimized by a father and son who provided foster care for the children from 2011 through 2017,” the Antioch police department stated in the release.

“Earlier this month, Antioch detectives from the Investigations Bureau arrested Simon Mendoza Chavez, and his son Simon Magana Chavez, in connection with these crimes. Both father and son were charged with the sexual abuse of multiple children, unlawfully having sex with a minor, and lewd acts with a child,” according to the release.

Simon Mendoza Chavez was a foster parent for Contra Costa County CPS, a district attorney’s spokesman said, with 18 years of foster-care experience. Both men have pleaded not guilty.

For parents in the community, the arrests come as no surprise.

“They have pushed my daughter to near death. They have stripped me of everything,” Mitchell Smith, a parent fighting for custody of his daughter, told The Epoch Times. Smith stood in a near-empty Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors meeting on May 14, held up suicidal artwork from his daughter, and alleged that children have gone missing in the

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: contracosta; cps; pedogate; pedophile; pedophilia

1 posted on 08/28/2019 5:02:23 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 08/28/2019 5:02:37 PM PDT by bitt (The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.- Ayn)
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The lowest part of low IQ is the evil part.


3 posted on 08/28/2019 5:05:36 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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Willie Sutton and banks.


4 posted on 08/28/2019 5:24:32 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: bitt

Abusers seek access.

Nothing better than “caring for children in your home” for fun and profit.


5 posted on 08/28/2019 5:41:13 PM PDT by lightman (Byzantine Troparia: The "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
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To: bitt
Pedogate is pandemic in America and throughout the world.

Pedogate is not just a U.S. monstrosity. It is satanic and an international horror show from hell.

6 posted on 08/28/2019 6:45:53 PM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies & other DemoKKKrats: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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don't you know that anything that brings sexual pleasure to at least one person is permissible?./sarcasm/..

.there are no victims, so the libtards tell us.

the world is truly ruled by the little heads....no limits....absolutely no limits...

7 posted on 08/29/2019 4:13:11 AM PDT by cherry
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Hey, for a “short-eyes” the best possible jobs are those that put kids in close proximity...teaching, CPS, counseling, scouts, coaching.


8 posted on 08/29/2019 9:45:59 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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