As those who have been following the tragic saga of Dr. Schlesinger's battle to control and impose his will on Beth and the twin - his life is seriously unraveling.
While initially enjoying a series of inexplicable successes 1) convincing the court to take full custody away from Beth - despite the fact that the police had thwarted his illegal attempt to have Beth committed to a mental hospital. He did this despite the clear record of his abusing Beth physically and mentally which had resulted in him being kicked out of the apartment by the police and given only supervised visits. The court's bizarre rational for ignoring the clear documentation of Beth's competence and his incompetence was that he was interested in providing the twins with therapy for their apparent developmental delays - while Beth (on the advice of the pediatrician and other experts) felt it best to wait a little longer since it was possible that this was a normal and not unusual delay. Thus full control of the twins was given to him when they were two years old. 2) Michael has had amazing success in denying his wife overnight visits or weekend visits with her children - as well as arbitrarily and illegally cancelling scheduled visits with them. 3) He has succeeded in avoiding court mandated psychiatric tests which would clearly show that there is something seriously wrong. 4) He has succeeded in fighting off Beth's appeals - all the way to the Supreme Court of Austria. 5) He has enjoyed the support not only of the community but also of a number of prominent rabbis - despite protests from rabbis around the world that a terrible injustice was occurring. 6) This support exists despite a variety of newspaper exposes that have consistently described him in very negative terms - without having his offering one word in his defense. 7) He has done this despite the fact that he has no money and is using a government supplied lawyer - while he has forced Beth to spend a fortune to lawyers and for fees to a government agent every time she sees her kids. 8) He has succeeded in pulling all this off despite not being highly regarded either in his community, in his profession or personally. 9) He has succeeded in convincing the court that he should have full custody - despite the fact that he has little time for his children and they are being raised by two Filipinos- instead of their loving mother. 10) He has full custody despite the fact that he obviously has significant personal problems such as anger control and has difficulty in relating properly to his children. 11) He has succeeded in maintaining full custody for 3 years despite that the fact that the 5 year old twins are not able to speak full sentences and have other developmental delays. In addition they have apparently not received a proper psychological evaluation for these problem - especially in determine the degree that his relationship to them has caused these problems. 12) Against the law he has succeeded in convincing the twins' school not to tell Beth anything about her children - even when they had a birthday party!
So why isn't Michael smiling?
The answer is that his run of "luck" is reversing. 1) Beth was recently given overnight visits every second week - after three years of only daytime visits. 2) The judge in the case seems to be finally acknowledging that the present arrangement is not optimal for the children and is now giving Beth a chance to show that she deserves to have a greater part in her children's life. 3) The children - while clearly developmentally delayed and showing signs of having a very traumatic existence - are nevertheless still having a very close and loving relationship with their mother 4) The children still seem to have the potential for growth and recovery from the poor parenting they have had - as long as Beth receives full custody in the near future. 5) Beth - despite all the pressures she has been under including attempts to get her to abandon her children and move back to England - is still optimistic and determined to fight for her children's well being. 6) While Michael clearly has had the problematic Austrian judiciary on his side, it is clear that Beth now has a momentum of world wide support. It now seems an obtainable goal that in the near future she will - G-d willing - be getting full custody and the ability to return with the twins to England. It also is clear that Michael's obsession with control is in fact destroying his life and that the only pleasure he gets from life is having power over the lives of the twins and Beth. It is urgent for him to relinquish control before all is lost 7) Relative to his potential his career is in shambles. He left the Wilhelminenl Hospital without being awarded a specialization and he's now working for a few hours a day in a mental hospital. Rather disappointing for him since he had aspired to be a cardiologist. Of course it is not surprising that his career has not advanced when he spends all his energy trying to control and making the lives of Beth and the Twins unpleasant. His victory over Beth has become a tar-baby that is destroying him more than he is destroying others. Michael's victory is truly a Pyrrhic victory.
My advice to Michael is to stop fighting Beth while you still have something to save.
Please say Tehilim #130 everyday for the twins to be freed into Beth's full custody
ספר תהילים פרק קל
א) שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ יְדֹוָד:
ב) אֲדֹנָי שִׁמְעָה בְקוֹלִי תִּהְיֶינָה אָזְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁבוֹת לְקוֹל תַּחֲנוּנָי:
ג) אִם עֲוֹנוֹת תִּשְׁמָר יָהּ אֲדֹנָי מִי יַעֲמֹד:
ד) כִּי עִמְּךָ הַסְּלִיחָה לְמַעַן תִּוָּרֵא:
ה) קִוִּיתִי יְדֹוָד קִוְּתָה נַפְשִׁי וְלִדְבָרוֹ הוֹחָלְתִּי:
ו) נַפְשִׁי לַאדֹנָי מִשֹּׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר שֹׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר:
ז) יַחֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל יְדֹוָד כִּי עִם יְדֹוָד הַחֶסֶד וְהַרְבֵּה עִמּוֹ פְדוּת:
ח) וְהוּא יִפְדֶּה אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכֹּל עֲוֹנֹתָיו:
My advice to Michael is to stop fighting Beth while you still have something to save.
Please say Tehilim #130 everyday for the twins to be freed into Beth's full custody
ספר תהילים פרק קל
א) שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ יְדֹוָד:
ב) אֲדֹנָי שִׁמְעָה בְקוֹלִי תִּהְיֶינָה אָזְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁבוֹת לְקוֹל תַּחֲנוּנָי:
ג) אִם עֲוֹנוֹת תִּשְׁמָר יָהּ אֲדֹנָי מִי יַעֲמֹד:
ד) כִּי עִמְּךָ הַסְּלִיחָה לְמַעַן תִּוָּרֵא:
ה) קִוִּיתִי יְדֹוָד קִוְּתָה נַפְשִׁי וְלִדְבָרוֹ הוֹחָלְתִּי:
ו) נַפְשִׁי לַאדֹנָי מִשֹּׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר שֹׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר:
ז) יַחֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל יְדֹוָד כִּי עִם יְדֹוָד הַחֶסֶד וְהַרְבֵּה עִמּוֹ פְדוּת:
ח) וְהוּא יִפְדֶּה אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכֹּל עֲוֹנֹתָיו:
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