10-Month-Old Girl Sexually Assaulted

This story is really nauseating.

How can a person or persons sexually violate a 10-month-old baby?

It's impossible for me to comprehend such a sick act.

From the Sheboygan Press:

A 10-month-old girl was sexually assaulted last month, and the incident may have occurred at a church day-care center in Random Lake, according to documents released this afternoon by the Sheboygan County Clerk of Courts.

The girl is believed to have been assaulted June 26, when the child spent most of the day at Our Lady of the Lakes Child Care Center, 429 Third St., records show.

That facility, along with the church office at 230 Butler St., and the Fond du Lac County home of the day-care center supervisor were searched Thursday afternoon.
But a church representative said this afternoon he does not believe the assault occurred at the day-care center.

“We as a parish have no evidence that anything happened to that child at our childcare center,” said Ed Ritger, an attorney who is a member of the parish and also chairman of its finance committee. “All the women who work at the childcare center indicate that on the day in question, June 26, that child was happy, smiling, showed no evidence of pain, crabbiness, anything like that.”

Capt. Dave Adams of the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department would not comment on whether authorities have a suspect in the assault.

Ritger said he hopes “that there will be a thorough investigation of all persons who had contact with that child.”

...The victim was at the day-care center from about 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. the day of the alleged assault. The child’s grandmother discovered blood in the girl’s diaper and extensive bruising and tearing of her vaginal area when changing the child’s diaper about 10 o’clock that night.

The injuries required reconstructive surgery, which was conducted hours after the injuries were discovered. The child underwent surgery at Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee.

The child’s parents had used the day-care center two or three times a week since January. The center opened in May 2006.

According to police, the supervisor of the day-care center’s statement about employees who working that day did not match employees’ statements regarding their schedules. The supervisor later told police she fabricated an infant care report for the child that did not match one sent home with the victim’s father.

The supervisor is believed to have been the only adult at the center from 6 a.m. to at least 7 a.m. on June 26, caring for 12 children, including two infants. The supervisor initially claimed a volunteer had begun work at 6:30 a.m., but the volunteer told investigators the supervisor told her not to come in because she didn’t need help.

The search warrant affidavit says investigators searched the day care, the church office and the supervisor’s home — in the Fond du Lac County Town of Auburn —looking for documents showing who was working June 26 and when.

Ritger said he believes any inconsistent statements made by the supervisor were “honest mistakes,” but the woman has been placed on administrative leave until the investigation is complete.

Obviously, the 10-month-old can't speak for herself.

She can't say who hurt her.

Is someone at the childcare center responsible or is it someone else?

The abuser wouldn't care that the parents and the workers at the center are being looked upon as potential criminals. The individual or individuals responsible couldn't possibly have such a developed conscience.

No one capable of causing such severe physical injury to a baby could possibly care about that. The little girl suffered such horrible injuries that she needed to undergo reconstructive surgery.

This abuse was so extreme that it resulted in mutilation.

If someone at the childcare center abused her, that will surely reflect poorly on Our Lady of the Lakes parish, and the Catholic Church in general. It will be just another example of child abuse committed by someone with connections to the Church, even if the perpetrator is a lay person.

If a family member or other person with access to the child assaulted her, then that will be chalked up as one more case of abuse committed by a trusted, but monstrous, individual.

I hope that the animal that did this is caught and put away for a long, long time.

That anyone would hurt a 10-month-old like this really makes me ill.