Arrest in Abuse Case<p>Women Admit Most of Claims, Police Say

Akron Beacon-Journal ^ | May 3, 2003 | Phil Trexler

[onehipdad]

This is a continuation of a story that broke and was posted at FR last Thursday. I have also sent it to Greta because it deserves national attention not just for the dispicable behavior of these women but also for the dereliction and ineptitude of the local social services in allowing this to go on for years. There is a compilation of all related articles as well as a message board at the newspaper's website.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

``They appear to be really forgiving kids,'' Bowen-Carter said. ``Some of them still love their mom, but don't like what she did. One boy particularly says they're still his mom and dad.''

--- Children have such a strong emotional bond with their mothers... those who are severely abused still love their mother, and desperately need their mother's love. It is heartbreaking, to hear of the depth of their love... only because these women don't deserve that. They didn't love these children, and have caused terrible damage. May God bless these poor children.

[Temple Drake]

these "women" are evil and should be hanged. Where is the father of these boys?

[annyokie]

I am glad that they are alive. There was a couple in PA a few years ago who starved one of thier daughters to death and then dumped her body in Ohio. Their other children were wellfed and healthy.

What possesses people to do these evil things?

[opticoax]

Something tells me this will get the Jesse Dirkhising treatment from the national media.

[Temple Drake]

ya think?

[Reagan is King]

What a pathetic woman. They can't give enough punishment to child abusers to satisfy me.

[sticker]

I wonder when the National Organization of Witches when come to their defense.

[netmilsmom]

Love comes in all forms. The love of a child for his mother is the strongest, even when he is abused (mentally or physically) by that mother.
It breaks my heart.

[wimpycat]

According to another article here on FR on the same subject, the boys have fathers...which is par for the course. One of the fathers is no better than the mother; apparently locked up for some sex offense.

I swear, some kids just don't have a chance in life. And these two women appear to be the ultimate man-haters. They're lesbians, and they "punished" the boys, but not the girl. Why have them in the first place, if you don't want them? Babies don't just "happen".

[CFW]

According to police and court records, Rowles was 17 when she had her first child in September 1989. The boy's father, Darrell Shaffer Jr., 32, is also the father of a son born to Rowles in July 1998.

Rowles had two sons by Ronnie Curtis Stuart, 42, the only man she married. Their children were born in December 1994 and September 1996. They separated that month and were divorced in 1999. Rowles regained her maiden name. Stuart has no visitation rights. He was convicted in 1996 of gross sexual imposition and sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Rowles' only daughter was born in April 1991. In 1997, she and the father, Brady Postlethwaite, 33, reached an agreement to share custody in which he had the girl during the week and Rowles had her on weekends.

In court documents, Rowles said she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and was afraid she would be physically unable to get the child to school.

But in subsequent years, they had custody and other court battles claiming one party did not allow the other to see the girl. Rowles was granted custody in 2001. Police said the girl was not mistreated.

Rowles' other son was born in March 1993. No name was given for the father.

[wimpycat]

Yep, that's what I read. Thanks for posting it here.

Reading it again just reinforces how sad it is that some kids just don't have a decent chance in life.

[Dan Wiz]

Sounds like the boys were punished for having penises

[netmilsmom]

Oh no! You can't say that just because the boys were male and punished, and the girl was female and not punished that it was that way just because the women were gay!!!
Don't you know that a gay family is better than no family at all. /sarcasm off/

And the funny thing is that if anyone puts two and two together and comes up with four in this case, the media will claim homophobia.

[CFW]

If the children are placed in a normal, loving environment, they may have a chance to recover from this horror. Those two witches do not need access to any children again...ever.

And I'm not to impressed by the fathers either.

[Laurie S]

Hate to burst your bubble, but lot's of evil woman-hating men abuse their kids.. every day. They are heterosexual men. Does that make men evil or heterosexuality evil? Sorry, but neither the gender, nor the sexual orientation of the offenders in this case is the cause of the evil done to these children. Some people are just bad seeds.. and they should choose not to procreate (IMHO).

[netmilsmom]

Hate to burst your bubble, but lot's of evil woman-hating men abuse their kids.. every day.

---

What makes you think that you are bursting my bubble?
I am not stupid and know that there are many men that abuse children. However in this particular case, a lesbian women abused boys and left a girl alone while the lesbian mother allowed it. What does that say? Will the media say that it is obvious that the lesbian woman who was the lifemate of the mother did not like men. I think not. Not PC.

[Boot Hill]

Laurie S says:   "...neither the gender, nor the sexual orientation of the offenders in this case is the cause of the evil done to these children."

When you accept one perversion, other perversions will follow closely behind, and this case is a perfect example of that. It is a commonly parroted misconception that what happens in the privacy of your bedroom is nobody's business but your own. But this case puts the lie to that popular falsehood. One perversion breeds another and it never stays behind closed doors.

--Boot Hill

[cynicom]

My goodness, so many people on FR cannot spell or say lesbians. Get a clue, the daughter was in good shape.

[valkyrieanne]

Wonder if these lesbians just hated the boys because they were boys?