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child, compelling sexual performance by a child, and other child sex crimes. Due to his plea bargain agreement, he was only convicted for one victim; the true number of victims is still unconfirmed. The approximate ages of at least two of the victims were 4 to 12 years old. He was sentenced to concurrent 20 and 40 year sentences and will not be eligible for parole for at least 20 years; by then he will be in his 60's. Even after incarceration, Mary has suffered harassing emails and phone calls from Robbie's associates on the outside. She still watches over her shoulder, even without her child. He was never punished for anything he did to her in the last 15 years. He was never forced to obey any court order, not even the paternity test, to prove the allegation that he wasn't even the biological father of the child to begin with! He was just an abusive partner. He was a drastic life-changing mistake Mary made.

Mary still waits for the day of truth, when she and her children are finally free to love each other again. Meanwhile, Its Almost Tuesday, a site dedicated to awareness of foster care abuse has been created in dedication to this story.

The best advice for preparing for false allegations with CPS? Prepare for anything, because anything can happen.

Prepare for the worst case scenerio and the best case; once you know you can handle both ends of the spectrum, realise anything, and i mean ANYTHING, can happen in between.

...and kiss your children goodnight twice every night... once for yourself, and once for all the kids and parents who are wrongly separated from each other... and never, ever, take a day with your child for granted. Its a blessing.

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