Update On Abused Runaway

[tinytherese]

So that young woman that I mentioned earlier on the prayer board has been found. I got this really sad email that's an update on her situation. (I edited out the names of people in and my school.)

"Basically, There's a court case May 27th at 1pm for her and the kitchen ladies from school showed up to her court case last week to speak on her behalf so that she could have some kind of support. They asked me to ask around for others to support her May 27th. Apparently the family of her 'husband' have the baby right now and she is "allowed to legally visit the baby at any time" but she's not going to because the family has threatened her... so... its a mess..

She could definately use some prayers. Its going to be a hard case.... If she doesn't have people show up to support her- it may look bad.. so I'm wondering if nice people from your church could go. Including the priest?

If I bump into you at a meal, I'll let you know the story in more detail, but this is generally what's going on. She's safe. The baby is too.

We shall see how this all works out. May it be in God's gracious hands."

Apparentally her "husband's" family is very influential in this small town and the community is taking their side. I am really ticked off at our legal system. Taking away the baby from HER! I doubt that I'll be able to make it to the court case since it'll be after graduation and I'll be back in my home state. I've told Fr. about this update and perhaps he can use his influence to get people that now her from their to come show their support at the court case so that she won't feel as if she is fighting the whole world. My mom is a criminal law attorney who works at a non-profit law firm that might be able to give me advice. I can also talk with the kitchen staff at school that she worked with who testified for her and who saw her come in to work with bruises. Please do pray for her.