{"id":32899,"date":"2024-01-21T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=32899"},"modified":"2024-12-05T19:38:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:38:05","slug":"suicide-family-and-foster-parents-at-odds-over-15-year-olds-funeral-arrangements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/suicide-family-and-foster-parents-at-odds-over-15-year-olds-funeral-arrangements\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide: Family and foster parents at odds over 15-year-old’s funeral arrangements"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Candles for Quinton at Maria’s residence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A dispute has emerged over the funeral arrangements of a 15-year-old boy who reportedly committed suicide on the 4th of January in Glengarnock, Scotland.<\/p>\n

The boy, identified as Quinton Isaac, passed away under the care of foster parents, Neil and James Smith.<\/p>\n

According to birth mother, Maria Mutadiua, she has been denied access to the funeral proceedings on the request of Samantha her 18-year-old daughter, who has also been under the care of the Smiths since she was four years old.<\/p>\n

A council spokeswoman for Glasgow city said: ‘It is not for Social Work to decide who can or can’t attend a funeral.’<\/p>\n

The HSCP referred to the Burial and Cremation <\/b><\/a>(Scotland) Act 2016 which stipulates that without an arrangement on death declaration, the nearest relative can arrange for burial or cremation. \u2018In this instance HSCP claims that Neil and James Smith have parental rights and responsibility for Quinton.<\/p>\n

‘The spokesperson for social service in the Drumchapel area, told Christian Voice, \u2018What happened to Quinton is quite unfortunate, and the service is doing everything possible to support Maria at this time.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018 Unfortunately, it is not our place to grant or deny access to funeral. But we will continue to offer support in any way we can.<\/p>\n

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Birth mother seeks answers<\/h2>\n

Maria Mutadiua, told Christian Voice, \u2018 I was devastated, confused and almost lost my mind when the police called me about Quinton. After taking my son away from me with no intentions to give him back despite all my efforts for 12 years, the one phone call from them about my son is to tell me he is gone?<\/p>\n

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Maria Mutadiua speaking to Christian Voice in her residence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018 I see no reason why i can not have a say as to how my son should be buried, and most importantly being denied access to say goodbye.<\/p>\n

‘Neil and James are only foster parents, not adopted parents\u2019.<\/p>\n

Ms Mutadiua alleges that Neil and James Smith, are behind the decision to exclude her from the funeral, as her daughter can not act alone. She also alleged that her son died of neglect and abandonment.<\/p>\n

‘They abandoned my son during the holidays with strangers to God knows where. My son died without experiencing his mother’s love. I was also told my boy had been trying to commit suicide from the age of twelve. why am i just finding out’?<\/p>\n

\u2018From the suicide note Quinton left behind, it shows that all \u2018he wanted was true love, and he did not get it from the Smith\u2019s\u2019.<\/p>\n

Maria acknowledged the efforts of the police and social services but has called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances leading up to her son’s death. She is seeking answers as to why social services took her children away from her in the first place. It is difficult to believe that a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old are capable of making decisions not to come back home, Ms Mutadiua added.<\/p>\n

“Maria has not directly contacted us”<\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, Foster parents\u00a0 Neil and James, told Christian Voice that they were not in the best frame of mind to speak on the matter, expressing profound sadness over the news of Quinton’s passing.<\/p>\n

\u2018He was our son and we loved him dearly. All we can say is that Maria had the chance to take flowers to the Morgue and identified his body. How is it possible that we would say no to her attending the funeral?<\/p>\n

\u2018We have seen and read the lies written about us on social media. Unfortunately, Maria has not directly contacted us about this funeral\u2019, they added.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, a social media post made by James Smith announces that Late Quinton will be laid to rest on Tuesday, January 23rd. According to the post, everyone is welcome to attend the proceeding. However, given the recommendations by authorities involved, it is still unclear if Maria can attend.<\/p>\n

Injustice to motherhood?<\/h2>\n
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Mabel Oboh, JOM press officer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spokesperson for Josephine Oboh-Macleod (JOM) Charity SCIO, Mabel Oboh said, \u2018 It is a great injustice to motherhood for any biological mother to be denied access to the funeral of her child.<\/p>\n

\u2018They have told us it is Samantha\u2019s wish that Maria does not attend the funeral, but we want the police, social services and carers to tell us where under the law it says a sibling has the right over a parent.<\/p>\n

\u2018This does not make sense, and that\u2019s why we began a campaign to get justice for Mutadiua. No one wakes up one day and decides to commit suicide. We demand answers.<\/p>\n

\u2018They also said that JOM Charity should stop the ongoing petition for justice for Maria. But Oboh Macleod requested that they write a letter to that effect. The Police has said that their investigation is ongoing as to the cause of death’, She added.<\/p>\n

\u2018As a charity organisation in Scotland, and with the authority to represent Maria on humanitarian grounds, we are advocating for Maria and her other children to be granted the opportunity to pay their last respects\u2019.<\/p>\n

Ms. Oboh added that Quinton and Samantha were taken away by social services at the age of two, and four despite lack of reasons involving neglect or abuse or Maria\u2019s consent.<\/p>\n

Same sex couples fostering children?<\/h2>\n

Christian Voice has always maintained that God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Therefore the idea of allowing two men act as parents in the first place is completely against the word of God.<\/p>\n

The Bible says,
\nGenesis 2:23-24 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man…Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.<\/b><\/p>\n

In July 2020,<\/b><\/a> a judge ruled that an evangelical Christian fostering service must allow gay parents to sign up as carers. Cornerstone expressed that it would “prayerfully” reflect on the court’s findings.<\/p>\n

This followed a 2019 inspection, where Ofsted downgraded Cornerstone from a “good” to a “requires improvement” rating, citing concerns about the charity’s carer recruitment policies.<\/p>\n

Mr. Justice Julian Knowles acknowledged the fostering service’s legal allowance to recruit based on its religious ethos. However, he deemed the policy requiring “applicants to refrain from homosexual conduct” as unlawful.<\/p>\n

Christians forced to accept sodomy?<\/h2>\n

In the last couple of years, Christians have been pressured into accepting what the society presents as parenting<\/p>\n

In 2011<\/b><\/a>, <\/b>a Christian couple, Eunice and Owen Johns, lost their high court claim asserting that they faced discrimination from a local authority for maintaining their right to express to young foster children that homosexuality is morally wrong.<\/p>\n

In their sixties and with a history of fostering, the Johns contended that Derby City Council discriminated against them due to their Christian beliefs when they declined to affirm the acceptability of a “homosexual lifestyle” to a child.<\/p>\n

In a judgement, Lord Justice Munby and Justice Beatson dismissed the claims put forth by the couple’s lawyer, deeming them “a travesty of reality.”<\/p>\n

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Read and pray<\/h2>\n

READ<\/strong>: Gen 18:20-21; Lev 20:13; Judges 19:22; Psalm 111:10; Prov 31:17, 31:25; Eccl 12:13; Isa 1:10; Micah 6:8; Mark 12:30-31; John 14:15; Rom 12:2; 2 Peter 2:6-10
\nPRAY<\/strong>: for the repeal of woke laws in the UK.
\nPray for children in the care of same-sex parents
\nPray for the soul of Quinton, and his family.
\nPray for Christian parents who refuse to succumb to woke laws.<\/p>\n

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