Abbotsford News, January 30, 2015

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Judge didn’t see evidence, says family in sanctuary Under deportation order, Juhasz family maintains documents support abuse claim

JOINING LEGAL CHALLENGE

Dan FERGUSON Black Press

An Abbotsford mother and sons who found sanctuary in the Walnut Grove Lutheran Church in Langley say they were ordered deported by a judge who didn’t have all the facts. In his written decision ordering Marianna Juhasz and sons Patrik and Tamas returned to their native Hungary, Federal Court Judge Robert L. Barnes said the trio failed to provide evidence that would prove their claim of physical abuse by her ex-husband. In Barnes’ Nov. 10 decision, provided by the court to The News’ sister paper The Langley Times, the judge said it was “particularly troubling that the record before me fails to include a copy of the Hungarian child services decision … [that] references the allegations of child abuse that were central to the application for humanitarian and compassionate relief.” The judge also said that Marianna Juhasz “did not produce any medical information to corroborate her allegations of an alleged violent assault in June 2010” and went on to state that “I draw an adverse inference from this failure and I conclude that Ms. Juhasz was not assaulted as she alleged.” The Juhasz family sought sanctuary at the Langley church on Nov. 30 after the ruling. On Thursday (Jan. 22), Juhasz and her son Patrik told The Times they have Hungarian-language documentation that supports their claims and are in the process of getting it translated. “I have everything.” Marianna Juhasz said. The mother and son showed a Times reporter a two-inch-thick sheaf of documents, most of it in Hungarian, that they said includes reports by police and child welfare authorities which back their version of events. Among the documents was an English-language report from the Pal Bugat hospital in the town of Continued on A4

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SPIKE IN AUTO CRIME A4 The first four weeks of 2015 have seen a dramatic rise in auto crime in Abbotsford

WELCOME MAT A33 UVF’s new wrestling program set to host its first-ever Canada West home meet

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85¢ Marianna Juhasz and her son Patrik with some of the paperwork they say supports their claim of DAN FERGUSON Black Press abuse in their native Hungary.

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