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December
4, 1989 | September 3, 1991 | November
16, 1991
- Carol Bunko-Ruys
Reports ( April 26, 1991)
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- The Klassen
story
- Breaking
through to the public
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What follow are the first three
pages of Carol Bunko-Ruys' report dated April 26, 91. See also
the Thompson papers.
At the Preliminary Hearing
of the charges against the natural parents, Bunko sworn was sworn
in as an expert witness:
 Page
52, line 17, (Volume # 1)(Q. Miazga) And you're a member of the
Adlerian Society? (A. Bunko-Ruys) Yes. ... The Adlerian Society is based in Saskatoon
and they provide a lot of information on Adlerian psychology,
they're involved in parenting workshops in the City. (Official
Court Transcript)
April 26, 1991 report:
INTRODUCTION
(NOTE: This update follows
report dated November 26, 1990)
Over the past few months, writer
has continued involvement with each of the Ross children on a
weekly basis. Contact also includes ongoing consultation with
the Thompsons, Department of Social Services, school personnel
and Constable Dueck as required.
The Ross children have continued
to disclose experiences consistent to other children that have
been ritually abused. While the meories appear to be triggered
by a variety of situations/objects and regular holiday celebrations,
predictability regarding further disclosures remains difficult.
This creates ongoing instability for these children, as well
as places a great deal of stress on the family with whom they
reside. However, they do experience periods of stability, which
seem tohave increased in frequency over the past few months.
These children continue to
present dysfunctional behaviors consistent with others having
experienced severe trauma. They require both a high level of
supervision and ongoing therapeutic intervention to best meet
their needs. While regression is frequently apparent, its connection
to overall progress must be considered. It appears that these
children currently feel the necessary safety and trust required
to "act out" behaviors as a means of making sense of
past trauma and to attempt mastery in areas of delayed development.
With that in mind, the following is presented for the purpose
of update.
ONGOING ISSUES
- Sexual Behavior -- A highly
structured plan (discussed in last update) was employed to disallow
the Ross children opportunities for further sexual activity amongst
themselves and with other potential victims (i.e. classmates,
smaller children, while visiting other families). During this
period of contact, it appears these children have not been involved
with inappropriate touching. While the buzzers remain on their
bedroom doors at night, the children have been able to handle
frequent opportunities to interact with each other without sexualizing.
The Thompsons note that all children have started to verbalize
to each other when boundaries connected to safety are invaded
(i. e. Michelle will ask Michael to move away when he gets too
close to her.) As the Ross children continue to build upon internal
controls to protect themselves, the level of supervision will
decrease. Michelle and Michael have also started to verbalize
urges to touch others. This suggests further movement towards
taking ownership for their touching problems. This is not to
be confused with "blaming" themselves for the abuse
they have experienced/ Rather, it is an admission of having a
serious problem that requires hard work. As part of the goal
to allow the Ross children opportunities to develop internal
controls, attempts to remove the buzzers will be made over the
next six months. Currently the Ross children experience a high
level of supervision at school.
- Significant Holidays and Celebrations
--Further disclosures over the past few months have centred around
holidays and celebrations (i. e. Christmas, Valentines Day and
Easter). It appears that participation in activities noted as
normal" for many school-age chldren (i. e. decorating the
Christmas tree, anticipation and excitement over the Easter Bunny's
visit) provides triggers that lead the Ross children to become
extremely dysfunctional. The Ross children require close monitoring
regarding their participation in activities related to celebrations.
Provided are only a few examples to demonstrate the ongoing stress
the children are under.
- Michael started to cry hysterically
at school while singing Christmas Carols with his classmates.
He later reported memories of sexual abuse taking place while
Christmas music played (reference to Birth Parents).
- All three children chose not
to have a Christmas tree as they were reminded of decorations
made in the past to look like penises, vaginas and devils. "Sexual
abuse happened at Christmas." (Reference to Birth Parents
and Foster Parents.)
- Michelle stated that Valentines
Day was for "Love and screwing".
- Cathy hoped that the Easter
Bunny would bring white chocolate as she recalled being made
to eat faeces.
- Michael became very afraid
when Marilyn Thompson was wearing a T-shirt with a bunny on it.
He referred to Don White (Mom's common-law boyfriend) dressed
in a bunny costume while preparing children for sexual activity.
(These are the first three
pages of a ten page report)
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- October 29, 2003: Brian Dueck
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Revitalizing the
archives
From 1998 until
2002, injusticebusters was in the throes of identity crisis.
What was it? What were we doing? We grappled with editorial policy
at the same time we were learning the nuts and bolts of building
and posting a website. Once we had a secure, paid site I had
full editorial control, although I talked regularly to Richard
Klassen who was forced to move his family several times and did
not always have access to the internet. Rick's pages: one | two
We posted our
earliest and later actions.
Early versions
of the site can be found on the Wayback Machine.
I began following
other threads to stories of police and prosecutorial misconduct
and the site's character took on another facet: a newsclipping
scrapbook where stories could live longer than they would in
print form. I also began picking up other stories of wrongfully
convicted people. It was an explosion. By 2003 there were over
700 pages. I also had contact with several other people (Don Smith, Leon Walchuk, Monique Turenne, the Vopnis) and kept these stories
going.
It was the
story of the Ross children's treatment at the hands of the Saskatchewan
government which grabbed the attention of The Fifth Estate. The civil claim (The
$10M Lawsuit as we called it) was only mentioned briefly at the
end of their show which aired in November, 2000.
When Richard
Klassen began to make progress in bringing his civil claim to
court, the government and police defendants alleged he was breaking
the rules of court by publishing discovery material on the internet.
- MacNeil
clinic (the
document which started it all)
- The
Thompson Papers
- Carol
Bunko-Ruys reports
This claim
was absolutely false. However, rather than risk being thrown
out of his civil claim, Klassen undertook before Judge Mona Dovall
to sever all ties with the website.
The court fights:
- Les
Perreaux report
- QB271
These pages have links which
lead to other pages from that era. Now that some of the dust has settled,
I have been going back through the material we had posted in
the early days. In the spirit of keeping the scrapbook alive,
I have been reformatting and placing links. The original material
remains intact. I hope the information, which chronicles our
struggle is useful to you.
The identity
crisis is over. We know who we are --Sheila Steele, March
28, 2005
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