Authorities Pump Brakes On Far-Right Former Legislator's 'Rescue' Of Ukrainian Kids

[muriel_volestrangler]

Three weeks after the far-right former state legislator Matt Shea arrived in Poland with dozens of Ukrainian orphans, including several he is attempting to adopt, authorities in multiple countries are pumping the brakes, grinding Shea’s plans to a halt — at least for now.

“The children will not leave Poland, unless Ukrainian authorities decides to do so,” Artur Pomianowski, the mayor of the small Polish town where Shea and the children are now staying, told TPM.
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So Shea and a team of Americans traveled to Poland, linked up with a local right-wing evangelical pastor, and launched a “rescue action” that resulted in buses full of Ukrainian children crossing the border and ending up at a Polish hotel — and plenty of concern from Polish locals worried about child trafficking.
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“The National Social Service is not currently considering cases and is not providing consent and/or permits for the adoption of children by foreigners or by citizens of Ukraine who reside beyond its borders,” the statement read, adding that without proper verification, “there is a great risk that the child could fall into the hands of fraudsters, persons who would not ensure the child’s rights and best interests, or human traffickers.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/authorities-pump-brakes-on-far-right-former-legislators-rescue-of-ukrainian-kids

[Baitball Blogger]

1. Yeeeeeesssssss!

Finally. Someone is paying attention.

[babylonsister]

2. Is it verified they are all orphans?

Sounds too damned fishy to me.

[ShazzieB]

13. That was the first thought that crossed my mind.

I've heard too many stories about supposed orphans that really weren't orphans being placed for adoption by evangelical organizations under sketchy circumstances to NOT smell a rat here.

[2naSalit]

3. That's what I had hoped...

Would happen. Just shut that shit down before those kids are further victimized, and take them away from him and his pals.

[Beakybird]

4. Sounds like a sick evangelical pervert.

If he were genuine, he'd be working with established charities and NGOs.

[area51]

16. +1 n/t

[Rebl2]

17. My thought

as well. How do we know for sure they are orphans. I think they should stay close to the country they are familiar with and let Ukrainians adopt them if they wish.

[BComplex]

5. "far-right former state legislator" ....pedophile

Right wingers always accuse others (especially democrats) of what they are guilty of. Pure projection, all the time.

And republicans are serial pedophiles.

[KS Toronado]

21. Would not surprise me if they have a national headquarters

in a pizza basement somewhere in DC.

[BComplex]

24. Ha!

[tanyev]

6. Good.

Now someone should investigate if he got any 'orphans' taken away from their parents at the southern border during the Trump years.

[Samrob]

7. Because...actual pedophilia. HISTORY! nt

[Evolve Dammit]

8. "local right-wing evangelical pastor". All I need to know...n/t

[Duppers]

10. Indeed.

[Scrivener7]

11. Yep. And even if it is not pedophilia, remember the evangelicals who went

to Haiti after the earthquake and just picked up kids to bring to the US so they could feel virtuous about themselves, not caring that many of those kids had parents who loved them?

As if these poor people need to be wasting resources dealing with these creeps right now.

[Evolve Dammit]

12. I think sometimes they just want raw recruits, like the missionaries, to indoctrinate. Somehow

that is virtuous, to spread "Dog's love" or whatever.... I'm also sure that some are not pedophiles and have good intentions but I'm always skeptical of hard core Fundys.

[Rebl2]

19. Agreed

[oldsoftie]

9. So he was pretty much just kidnapping kids. Arrest him. nt

[PatrickforB]

14. The last thing those kids need is a bunch of creepy evangelicals.

The Polish government is right on.

I worry about these evangelicals, their thing has always been, "Our way or the highway," so Poland ought to put them on planes out of there ASAP. Show THEM the highway, as it were.

And those kids? Hopefully Poland will house them until the stupid, illegal, immoral, hurtful war of Putin grinds to its bloody halt, and then try, try to reunite them with their families.

I'd also love to see Putin tried for war crimes. Because Biden is right - Putin is a war criminal to the max.

[Lucky Luciano]

18. Q will be all over this!

[Ford_Prefect]

20. Who do you think inspired it? Matt is a big time Q-Believer.

Along with many other things yet to be revealed in court.

[MagickMuffin]

22. No more preying for the children of Ukraine

She's has no business harvesting children for their sex trade.


Thank you 😊 for protecting the chi!dren from theses predators!

[Midnight Writer]

23. Story on this the other day said Shea refused to give his name, gave false info to authorities.

Who knows what these skeazeys are up to?

[live love laugh]

25. But but but .... "R. Kelly" ...

Lock his ass up.