Allegheny County Family Court Judge Kathleen R. Mulligan Goes to Great Lengths to Cover Up Sexual Abuse

Pictured: Allegheny County Judge Kathleen R. Mulligan

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"Three therapists were willing to testify to verify abuse in the custody case but the judge denied the request. All of the children reported abuse to a custody evaluator hired by [the father] and my oldest son disclosed being sexually assaulted with a broomstick and curtain rod to the custody evaluator.

When I learned that my son had been sexually assaulted from the custody evaluator, I questioned my son only to learn that his sister had witnessed one of these attacks and that my younger son had also been sexually assaulted in the same way. The four children were ages 13, 12, 10, 7 in 2001, when these crimes were reported by the children.

...A criminal case for felony sexual assault was filed on behalf of three of the children, four years into the family case, in 2005, for the same crimes reported to the family court in 2002. The family court judge, Kathleen R. Mulligan, retaliated for reporting to criminal authorities by forcing the crime victims to visit with their father unsupervised through the criminal process.

...Family court Judge Kathleen R. Mulligan used her economic power in the family case, to coerce a criminal plea deal for the criminal Defendant by denying the family half of the assets, withholding the divorce settlement, and withholding the settlement agreement until a plea was entered for the criminal Defendant that included no jail time and no felonies.

...The civil cases were obstructed by Judge Kathleen R. Mulligan, who kept out all evidence of child abuse from the family and criminal cases. All family and civil cases were sealed to prevent the now adult victims from seeking retribution and justice for the crimes committed against them.

This case is one example of the horrific consequences a protective parent faces when child abuse is reported. Attempts to discredit me, as well as excusing abuse against me and my children, is a common scenario in Family Courts in Pennsylvania and across the nation. Common tactics include blaming the protective parent for “alienating” her children, even though the other parent is a known, convicted child abuser who was offered a plea deal to reduce felony charges.

...All of us have been emotionally, mentally and financially devastated. We will be left homeless within the next few weeks due to a foreclosure and forced sale of the property. Left with two adult disabled dependents and diagnosises from lupus to PTSD, the family is unable to recover from the years of abuse and legal harassment.

Please see the google plus page below for press releases and stories on the permanent gag order (for life), sealed cases, censored website, and the assignment of the judge to the civil case at the request of the criminally convicted civil Defendant and the manipulation of the civil and child support cases to retaliate against the victims for reporting sexual and physical abuse to criminal authorities."

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Retaliation for reporting abuse from the Family Court Mafia-Clark Case Pittsburgh, PA

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