In re N.L. CA2/3

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURE

N. was born in 1997, S. in 1999, J. in 2000, and D. in 2002.2 They lived with mother. Mother’s boyfriend, Walter, resided in the home in 2011 and 2012.3 Mother worked outside the home and owned a business with Walter that Walter managed. Walter worked from home. Walter had a history of sexually molesting children: in 2004, he molested his nine-year-old former brother-in-law. Walter sexually molested D. numerous times during the summer of 2012. Walter would walk around the house in his boxer shorts after showering and tell D. to go into the bedroom, where Walter would pull down his underwear and hug D. Walter sodomized D. on four separate occasions and had D. orally copulate Walter on six separate occasions. Walter exposed his penis to D. In October 2012, when he got into trouble at school for sexually acting out, D. disclosed the abuse and the matter was referred to the Department. Walter denied he molested D., although he acknowledged he would hug D. while wearing his boxer shorts. He did not acknowledge D.’s feelings or empathize with him.

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