“If you are sick, do not adopt foster children”: Pichal case sharpens discussion about foster parenting

Sven Pichal and his partner became foster parents of two 11-year-old boys in 2015. The fact that he may have also viewed images of child pornography all this time raises questions. Former N-VA politician Lorin Parys, among others, believes that Pichal should never have taken up foster parenting. “If you’re sick, you don’t become a foster parent.” We asked Pleegzorg Vlaanderen for a response. “We screen very intensively, but you can never be 100 percent sure.”

ttn-3