The Psychic Accusations Network

Colleen Leduc tries hard to take care of her autistic daughter — and her extraordinary efforts paid off when she had to fight charges of child abuse leveled by her daughter’s school.  Terry Fox Elementary hadn’t covered itself in glory when it came to Elizabeth — they lost the girl on several occasions — but the accusation and its basis was the last straw.  They had the word of an eyewitness for evidence, although eyewitness is at best a loose term in this case:

Leduc’s weird tale began on May 30, when she dropped young Victoria off for class at Terry Fox Elementary and headed in to work, only to receive a frantic phone call from the school telling her it was urgent she come back right away.

The frightened mother rushed back to the campus and was stunned by what she heard – the principal, vice-principal and her daughter’s teacher were all waiting for her in the office, telling her they’d received allegations that Victoria had been the victim of sexual abuse – and that the CAS had been notified.

How did they come by such startling knowledge? Leduc was incredulous as they poured out their story.

“The teacher looked and me and said: ‘We have to tell you something. The educational assistant who works with Victoria went to see a psychic last night, and the psychic asked the educational assistant at that particular time if she works with a little girl by the name of “V.” And she said ‘yes, I do.’ And she said, ‘well, you need to know that that child is being sexually abused by a man between the ages of 23 and 26.’”

And, unbelievably, they used the word of a psychic to file a complaint with CAS.  The agency opened a file on Leduc, but it didn’t take long for the Canadian authorities to figure out what had happened.  Thanks to Terry Fox Elementary’s previous incompetence, Leduc had attached a GPS device and an audio recorder to her daughter — which proved that nothing untoward had happened to her, other than to be in a school run by idiots.

Leduc removed her daughter from the school, and wants the school board to pay for specialized care that the elementary school had long rejected.  The board has started an investigation into the actions of Fox’s administrators, but has refused to provide the care that Leduc wants.  Leduc now wants legal advice as to how to proceed.

You don’t have to have telepathy to know what Leduc’s thinking now.

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