A child protection trial determining whether three children were in need of protection under the Child and Family Services Act.
The Children's Aid Society sought a finding that the children had suffered physical harm inflicted by their parents through excessive corporal punishment, including beatings with belts, use of ginger root inserted anally as punishment, forced confinement to a garage, and threats.
The parents denied the allegations, claiming the children were influenced by the oldest child to fabricate abuse claims.
The court found the children credible and reliable, and determined that the parents had subjected the children to inappropriate and excessive physical discipline causing physical harm, warranting a protection finding.
