CNN Article
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NORWALK, Ohio (AP) -- A couple accused of abusing their 11 adopted special-needs children by making them sleep in cages lost permanent custody Monday.
Huron County Juvenile Judge Timothy Cardwell awarded custody to the county, which had placed the children in foster care last fall after a social worker discovered the enclosures.
The judge ruled earlier that Michael and Sharen Gravelle had abused the children, and he said evidence showed there was a good chance they would repeat the behavior.
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Cardwell ordered 10 of the children placed in the permanent custody of the county.
The eleventh child, a 2-year-old girl, was placed in temporary custody with the county because the adoption agency that placed her with the Gravelles has asked that she be returned.
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Well, at least the judge wasn't taken in by their idiotic reasoning. My main concern for them at this point is what will happen to them now? The Gravelles aren't actually wrong about how difficult it will be to place the children in new permanent homes. They're insane otherwise, but correct, I feel, on this point.
What would you have the state do to rectify this situation?
I would offer an answer here, but I don't frankly know. Ideally, there would be families out there who take care of the kids right, but I don't see that as being truly possible... for ELEVEN kids in one area. Hm.