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On February 1, 1995, Larry Finck became the father of
a daughter, Chantelle Rose, in the city of London, Ontario, whose aboriginal mother died within the infant's first year.
Though
not married to Chantelle's mother, Larry, who was working at the time, saw his daughter almost daily since her birth. Larry
placed his infant in the care of a maternal aunt and in the spring of 1996, he met with a lawyer seeking to draft a legal
contract between him and the caregiver. However, the lawyer advised him to obtain a custody order instead, which he did. Shortly
following the maternal aunt's learning of this development, she snuck the infant to an estranged maternal uncle, Dean Henry,
who resided on a native reserve.
In July 1996, the interim custody hearing commenced before Justice Henry Vogelsang
in the Superior Court in the city of London. Penelope Bent introduced herself as Chantelle's lawyer, but she was actually
hired by the 1st Nations band Council and got paid $6,000 to do a family assessment favouring Henry even though she was not
a psychiatrist, psychologist, or social worker, the only individuals qualified to do one.
Nevertheless, the uncle was
granted custody. Larry was given two hours a month, supervised in a state run access organization, even though there was never
any question of Larry's fitness as a father. Of the 17 scheduled visits, he was able to see Chantelle only eight times. The
police and courts didn't care to intervene.
This maternal uncle was deemed to be unfit to care for his own children
and an order was made prohibiting access to his own children. Larry became increasingly concerned about the welfare of his
daughter, as she was still in Dean Henry's care and showing signs of being physically and emotionally abused. He also became
increasingly learned in the law, specifically on how children were being criminally abused by lawyers who were abusing the
rule of law.
In the spring of 1998, Larry charged four members of the Law Society of Upper Canada: Ron Dicke and Toenie
Hersch (Henry's first lawyer) were charged for Obstruction of Justice for failing to file with the court, affidavits and documents
relevant to the proceedings. Penelope Bent was charged with Obstruction of Justice for misleading the court with an illegal
assessment contrary to the Health Disciplines Act. Keith Gordon (Henry's second lawyer) was charged with Obstruction of Justice
for misleading the court during a pre-trial conference memorandum by filing an inaccurate report. After the four lawyers were
charged, Larry was arrested in October 1998 on three counts of alleged assault. He was subsequently acquitted.
In November
1998, he was arrested on breach of recognizance and the matter was subsequently withdrawn. When engaging civil redress for
false arrest, abuse of process, and malicious prosecution, he was denied access to the court file by an agent to the Attorney
General, and summary judgement was subsequently rendered. Matters were dismissed with costs against Larry, the plaintiff father.
In
March 1999, the Attorney General for the province of Ontario, withdrew the criminal charges against the four lawyers. Larry,
in the summer of 1999 commenced a proceeding moving to strike all previous orders which came before Judge Grant Campbell.
Reports
respecting his daughter Chantelle included observations such as black and bruised eyes, vaginal infections, ongoing rashes,
fever, chronic tiredness, excessive hunger and despondency. Larry made complaints to state agents working for the Children's
Aid Society of London-Middlesex. Still, his daughter was left in the same threatening environment. A website, www.eccentrix.com/members/finck,
contains documentary evidence of his case.
In August 1999, after having failed all remedial steps to protect his daughter,
Larry absconded with Chantelle, returning to the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he was born and raised, and where his
mother and siblings resided.
On September 30, 1999, Halifax Regional Police entered the home of Larry's brother and
seized Chantelle in the absence of a court order, a warrant, or a child welfare agent. Larry was not arrested. He returned
to Ontario in October 1999, where he was then charged for parental abduction. In November 1999, London Regional Police apprehended
him in the city of London, Ontario, and took him to Victoria Hospital on an alleged committal warrant under the Health Discipline
Act. He was released shortly after his arrival without being given the particulars of that committal warrant. He made numerous
failed attempts to get full disclosure respecting his criminal trial, which remained ongoing.
During the trial, evidence
was submitted relating to the condition of Larry's daughter:
- The custodial uncle was raced to hospital twice by ambulance
with barbiturate and beer overdoses while having children in his care.
- Chantelle was presented with multiple vaginal
infections.
- She was presented with apparent self-mutilation with infectious occurrences.
- Pre-school teachers were
required to bath the child who attended school with infectious odours.
- The child was expelled from pre-school on several
occasions requiring medical attention.
Numerous witnesses who would have confirmed the physical abuse and neglect of his
daughter went missing, while witnesses who were willing and able to testify to the abuse and neglect, were denied by Judge
Haines.
In June 2000, Larry was convicted and sentenced to a maximum two year prison term even though he had no history
of dangerous or violent offences. He subsequently appealed the conviction. His jail time went 43 days beyond the maximum sentence
and he was subjected to torturous acts by state agents and authorities during his incarceration for his beliefs and opinions
on government corruption.
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