Thursday, July 24, 2008

The elephant in the room

Before the TV segment about Orson Mozes and AIP air's on AMW, we just wanted to let all who are following this blog be aware, we did submit to the shows producer alot of video and still photo's we have that tell our adoption story. Aside from video's and photos of our family, we included all 4 referral photos and video Orson sent to us of baby 749 (our first referral). We also submitted the investigative report done by Sarah Wallace,(which can be found on this blog in an earlier post) and both of our blog addresses. We have no idea what the producers will or will not use, or how they are going to develop the story line.
Accusations of exploitation were posted online by the Sapp's on their blog after the investigative report aired, and it is our opinion, while these accusations were directed at us and Sarah Wallace, the true culprit was Orson Mozes. The Sapp family in our opinion, were also victims of Orson Mozes and his bait and switch practices. We were always supportive of the Sapp's during their adoption of baby 749, as you have come to see and read about in this blog. Unfortunately as our story is truthfully told in its entirety and the evidence presented, the Sapp's are very much a part of our story. There is no way around it.
So, in preparation of even bigger TV exposure we again reiterate, we are telling our story in an effort to help bring to justice Orson Mozes, the man who perpetrated these crimes against us, and many innocent adoptive parents. While uncomfortable for some, we believe it our moral responsibility to see justice served. Both the Sapp and the Young families, by the grace of God, and in spite of Orson Mozes experienced miracles and adopted the children God planned for us.
Many other AIP clients did not. It is for these families, we chose to go public. If and when Orson Mozes is brought to justice, a very loud message will be sent to the adoption community, that in the USA, illegal adoption practices will not be tolerated. Adoptive parents who join hands, bear witness, and fight corruption have a powerful voice.
Our ultimate goal is to set a precedent in the courtroom to protect future perspective parents from the types of crimes perpetrated by Orson Mozes.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So, does that mean that you threw the Sapps under the bus again? She is their daughter and they deserve the courtesy of deciding on their own if they want Natalia to be part of the segment.

Chris and Ann Young said...

Maxine,
As posted I submitted to AMW our story and our photos of children (referrals) we were promised by Orson Mozes. For the record though, Natalia was not the Sapps daughter at the time of those photos, as she was adopted at 12 months old. The referral video and photos we submitted were of a 6 month old infant.
We never "threw the Sapps under the bus", like us they were victims, of a bait and switch.
It is terrible the pain Orson has caused both our families.