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CHICAGO, October 20, 2011  – Lawyers for Catholic Charities affiliates in three dioceses in Illinois are protesting in court after the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) said it would transfer over 1,000 children from the church-run agencies by only a fraction of the original timeline. The revelation comes at the same time as news broke that the Illinois child-welfare agency, which is taking over the children’s cases after the state pas Image via Wikipedia sed its homosexual civil unions bill, has a history of subversively administering psychotropic drugs to children without permission. “Why is the DCFS, particularly in light of the scandal that it is handling now, dealing with [Catholic Charities’] workload in a hasty manner,” asked attorney Peter Breen of the  Thomas More Society , who is representing Catholic Charities, in an interview with LifeSiteNews. Breen pointed out that the state agency has only imposed the accelerated time frame on the th...

Image via Wikipedia The state of Illinois has said it will continue referring new children for adoption and foster care to Catholic Charities in Illinois. The state backed down Monday in the face of an emergency motion, after telling media last week that they would cease the referrals over Catholic Charities’ unwillingness to allow homosexuals to adopt. Last week, a state judge had prevented the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) from ending its contract with the Catholic Charities agencies in the dioceses of Joliet , Peoria , and Springfield after they refused to place children with same-sex couples.  The Department, however, responded by simply ceasing referrals of new children to Catholic Charities, while technically leaving the contract intact by maintaining current cases. In an emergency motion Monday, Catholic Charities argued that the status quo under Judge John Schmidt ’s preliminary injunction included the continuation of new referrals.  They argu...

Image via Wikipedia An Illinois judge has blocked the state’s attempt to end its contracts with Catholic Charities after they refused an order to participate in same-sex adoptions and foster care placements.  The move would have affected nearly 2,000 foster children . “We’re not going to be removing children from homes,” said Judge John Schmidt of the Sangamon County Circuit Court, according to the Chicago Tribune . “I can’t be any clearer.” Judge Schmidt ruled that the state’s contracts with Catholic Charities in the dioceses of Joliet, Peoria, and Springfield, which ran out June 30th, will continue until a full hearing on August 17th. On Friday, the state’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) informed the agencies that the state would not accept their contracts for fiscal year 2012 because they had “made it clear” that they would not comply with the new Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, which took effect June 1st. The bill’s promot...

Image via Wikipedia Illinois ’ remaining Catholic adoption agencies are seeking an emergency court injunction after the state ended their contracts last week over their refusal to participate in same-sex adoptions.  The state’s move would end a thirty-year-old partnership and affect 2,500 foster children . “They made a choice,” Gov. Pat Quinn, a Catholic himself, told reporters in a July 11th press conference.  “They have a law in Illinois. It’s the civil unions law. I signed it into law. We’re not going back. Any organization that decides that because of the civil unions law that they won’t participate voluntarily in a program, that’s their choice.” The Thomas More Society , acting on behalf of Catholic Charities in the dioceses of Peoria, Joliet, and Springfield, will ask a Sangamon County judge for an injunction Tuesday. The agencies had sued the state last month asking the court to declare that their policy of not recruiting unmarried couples for foster care was wit...