Children Recant Sex-Abuse Tales After Father's 20-Year Prison Stint

[Vampiel]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,531821,00.html?test=latestnews



VANCOUVER, Wash. — Former Vancouver police officer Clyde Ray Spencer spent nearly 20 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually molesting his son and daughter. Now, the children say it never happened.

Matthew Spencer and Kathryn Tetz, who live in Sacramento, Calif., each took the stand Friday in Clark County Superior Court to clear their father's name, The Columbian newspaper reported.

Matthew, now 33, was 9 years old at the time. He told a judge he made the allegation after months of insistent questioning by now-retired Clark County sheriff's detective Sharon Krause just so she would leave him alone.

Tetz, 30, said she doesn't remember what she told Krause back in 1985, but she remembers Krause buying her ice cream. She said that when she finally read the police reports she was "absolutely sure" the abuse never happened.
"I would have remembered something that graphic, that violent," Tetz said.


Unbelievable

I wonder if the dad gets out if he will ground them for sending him to prison for 20 years.

[kristadb]

When I read your section, I thought there must be an ex-wife on the war path in here. And, sure enough, some crazed ex is involved.

My partner's ex once tried to convince her kids that their dad abuses them (he has custody). The boys were really confused by that.

[evergreen]

Wow, that's really terrible. At least he was able to forgive his children and that he's gotten out finally.

I'd be figuring out who to sue first...

[Vagabond]

It's so tragic that they missed out on all those years. People can be unbelievably hateful.

[WitchJezebel]

I'm glad he's finally out and his name has been cleared but then I think about the 20 years of his life taken from him and that pisses me off.