Saving Fatherhood Podcast
30 – Bill Wojenski’s Letter to Dr. Phil
If you already understand how cruel parental alienation can be on a parent you’ll appreciate the tenacity of Bill Wojenski. If you don’t yet know parental alienation is one of the most gut wrenching, heart breaking experiences a parent can face. In many cases your child acts as though you are dead to them although they are not. That scenario didn’t stop Bill Wojenski from fighting to see his daughters every weekend for 4 hours via supervised visitation for the last 10 years. There were many other hurdles that you can read about in the letter below. This letter was also read on the podcast. The letter was mailed to Dr. Phil about a week ago.
2-21-2020
Dear Dr Phil, I am writing you on the suggestion of several
female friends of mine who are quite familiar with my case. This started in
late 2010 when my fiancé of 7 years walked out on me for another man. At that
time the girls were 2 weeks shy of their third birthday. She stated right up
front that I would never see my girls again and has devoted her life to that.
I filled and received joint custody; neither of us was to
move out of state. Several years later she moved 3 hours away to upstate PA,
the courts never did anything about that to this day.
At the age of 4, at the request of the girls I filed for and
won overnight visits with my girls. After court, on the same day, she marched
the girls into DYFUS and accused me of molesting them. DYFUS ran with this and
it took me years to get a “no Finding” (no cause to or reason to pursue)
verdict.
Eventually the courts assigned a reunification therapist to
bring the girls back into my life. She sabotaged all efforts and when I was to
meet the girls for the first time in 5 years it was a disaster. They went from hanging by daddy’s side, never
wanting to be away from me to terrified at the sight of me. They screamed when
they first saw me and I could hear the mothers sister say “Don’t worry; we
won’t let him hurt you”. Obviously the girls were brain washed in those 5 years
of separation. The visit was cut short
after it was obvious it wasn’t going to work. There were numerous reports to
the courts about the mother from the reunification Doctor.
Later it was determined that I could have supervised
visitations, supervised at my request, and we started doing that supervised by
a Doctor every Saturday for 4 hours. It started out ok and continued on for
over two years. It progressed at a downward spiral until it was deemed
appropriate to cancel further visits by the Doctor. His reports to the courts
were very positive of me and very damming of the mother’s attitude and
behavior. When the girls found out that there brother, my son, William Wojenski
JR had passed at the age of 22, they said to me “One less Wojenski in the world
is a good thing”. They were 11 at that time. The Doctor heard them say that to
me and reported it to the courts.
I am still in a battle to help my girls. We have been
through 6 judges; there is no continuity in this case. I have another hearing
coming up in about two weeks. I’m not sure if this will gain either my girls or
I any movement forward. In November when they turn 14 they can and will at the
direction of the mother tell the judge that they no longer want to see me. At
that point I will never have contact with them again.
I have no communication with the girls; don’t have access to
the schools, the doctors or treatments and anything else that I should be
entitled to despite having joint custody.
The mother from what I have been told is having them treated
for Post Traumatic Distress and moves them from Doctor to Doctor looking for a
finding that they have been abused.
I have been railroaded and my poor girls have been horribly
abused by the system. This is not uncommon in the state of NJ, what is uncommon
is my steadfast refusal to give up on them. My girls did not choose to come
into this world, but it is my job to see that they have a loving childhood and
the tools to succeed in life. As you well know, alienated children have a very
high rate of suicide, alcoholism, drug abuse and tend towards promiscuity at an
early age.
Possibly if some attention from a prominent person like you
shone the light on my case, the proper course of action could be set forward.
As it stands, I fully expect that come November 27th, 2020 when they
turn 14, the light in their eyes will be extinguished forever. At that point it
will be 10 years of court battles and many, many thousands of dollars spent.
Please, if there is any way that you could help, it would be
much appreciated. My little girl’s future depends on a positive outcome.
There is plenty of documentation to back up my case.
Thank you
William Wojenski
This letter was mailed to Dr. Phil at the following address:
Dr. Phil McGraw
325 N. Larchmont Blvd., Suite 602
Los Angeles, CA, 90004
Now that you’ve heard Bill’s story we want to ask for your help. Would you write a short note to Dr. Phil as well? A letter with a hand written address on the envelope is the most effective.
Why should you? Bill’s girls are about to turn 14 and he’s desperate. Listen to the podcast and you’ll hear about the long trial that he’s endured. If you are an alienated parent you’ll know how hard it is to hang on this long.
Of course what we need for Bill more than anything is prayer so if you would please pray that we would get some help from Bill from the courts, from Dr. Phil or in any way our Heavenly Father would intervene to help him to continue to have some sort of relationship with his girls.
If you don’t know what to write, I’ll give you an idea by typing the letter I’m sending below.
Dr.
Phil McGraw
325
N. Larchmont Blvd., Suite 602
Los
Angeles, CA, 90004
Re: Bill Wojenski, Burlington, NJ
Dear Dr.
Phil,
My name is
Joe Gormley and I have the privilege of writing you today on behalf of a father
who needs your help to keep seeing his two daughters. I’ve known Bill for a couple of years. We both attend a parental alienation support
group together in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
This man has been fighting to keep contact with his two daughters for
over 10 years. This is no small feat in
a parental alienation situation. He’s
facing incredible adversity from his ex, the family court bureaucracy, and the
amount of time he’s lost while he’s only had 4 hours a week of supervised
visitation with his girls. He’s even had
to battle multiple false allegations of abuse.
After extensive investigations the local Child Protective Services organization
in New Jersey determined that these allegations of abuse were false.
I know lots of other Dad’s
that have given up after just a couple years of fruitless supervised
visitation. To Bill’s credit he’s become
even more determined to protect his daughters and be there for them in any way
he can. While it’s not a written law,
he’s afraid that when they turn 14 he will be unable to see them. Many judges use consider this age to be the
time to give the children more input but if the children have truly been
alienated this is child abuse. Their
fourteenth birthday is coming up soon.
Bill goes to court 2 to 3
times a year, every year for the last 10 years.
During that time, he’s been pushed around to six different judges who
all thought his case had merit. His case
is just needs a little publicity to get someone in the courts to take notice
that this case has been mismanaged. I’m
also an alienated Dad and I wish I was writing you to say there was a way you
could help me, but you cannot. That’s
why I’m so excited to write on Bill’s behalf.
You will make a big impact here if you bring Bill on your show. He is
not a father that should be stripped of his parental rights. Please take the time to respond to Bill
Wojenski.
Blessings,
Joseph Gormley
609-923-7788
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Second Annual Parent March on Washington is now set for May 27-29, 2020. For more information go to www.leonkoziol.com.
https://www.meetup.com/Burlington-SPEAKW-Parental-Alienation-Meetup/events/fzflmrybcfbdb/