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June 8, 2009
Catholic mother vows legal battle over gay foster carers
by Sara Levy
A Catholic mother has vowed a legal battle against social services after her ten-year-old son was placed into foster care with a gay couple.
The women, who cannot be named for legal reasons, suffered a mental breakdown last year after the break-up of an abusive marriage.
Her son was taken into care by Brighton social services because she was unable to look after him.
However, having discovered that her child is to be fostered by a middle-aged male couple who run a Brighton hotel, the women fears that her son could be “encouraged” into a lifestyle that contradicts her religious beliefs.
She has warned Brighton and Hove Council that she will be taking legal action, and has chosen the Thomas More Legal Centre, a Catholic legal charity, to represent her.
Neil Addison, director of the Thomas More centre, said: “We are advising her on her legal options and seeking to resolve the matter with the council by agreement.”
The woman’s priest said he is “anxious” not only because the child has been adopted by a gay couple, but also because he will be living in a hotel.
“This is about a gay couple running a hotel where they also live, where they cannot restrict who the child is going to meet,” the priest said.
The woman would prefer that her son, who attends a faith school and will soon be taking his First Communion, is adopted by a heterosexual couple.
A friend of the women said “Social services have given her no choice.
“She cannot understand how he can be looked after by two men she’s never met.”
Brighton and Hove Council refused to comment.
“We will not comment on any issue relating to the welfare of a child in the care of the council,” a spokesperson said.
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