February 2015
I write to say how concerned I am about the ongoing reports concerning the welfare of Benji and Sammy Schlesinger and in particular the obstacles set before their mother, Beth (nee Alexander), in her efforts to have a full and active role in their upbringing.
The Austrian court’s continued determination to deprive a mother of the opportunity to meaningfully share in the custody of her children provokes significant concerns for the twins’ growth and development and of course pays no regards for her pain and anguish.
The recent rulings of the courts in November 2014 that photographs of the twins on Beth’s Facebook page must be removed coupled with a gagging order on Beth represent the latest in a series of bafflingly inexplicable rulings that may suggest the courts have lost sight of their first objective which is to create the best environment possible to allow the children to grow and to flourish.
This is a very sad state of affairs for all concerned and I call on the courts to remedy it at the
earliest available opportunity.
Rabbi A M Lipsey
UHC of Newcastle upon Tyne
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