http://www.wmur.com/news/25340240/detail.html
http://www.concordmonitor.com/articl...-baby?page=0,0
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But according to an affidavit provided to Irish by the state Division for Children, Youth and Families, state officials took the child because of Irish's long record of violence and abuse. According to the affidavit, a judge determined that Irish abused Taylor's two other children. She is still married to the father of those children, though Taylor said yesterday that her husband has refused to accept her divorce petition for the past two years.
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The affidavit also says that the police in Rochester report a "lengthy history of domestic violence" between Taylor and Irish, and that she accused him of choking and hitting her on more than one occasion. According to the document, Irish failed to complete a domestic violence course as ordered by the state, and that a hearing was held last month to terminate Taylor's parental rights over her two older children.
Taylor "has failed to recognize the impact of domestic violence in her life and the potential danger it poses to a newborn baby," the affidavit reads. "Mr. Irish has not acknowledged any responsibility to date and remains a significant safety risk to an infant in his care. . . . Without the intervention of the court, the infant will be at risk of harm."
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It looks like there is much more to the story. If the allegations in the newspaper are correct, it looks like a stereotypical case of a woman not being able to tear herself away from an abusive partner who is also abusing her children from another relationship. The statement about the oath keepers in the affidavit may have been included by a social services worker exhibiting bad judgement when detailing her probable cause. That statement was just what a bunch of bloggers grabbed on to.