Fathers4Justice Canada -May 09/05 - Victoria Spiderman - Profile Page
The Amazing Victoria BC Spiderman - (Stephen Hodges Whittaker) - I served 30 years in the Canadian Navy serving my country and was
given a medical discharge in 2002 for Post Traumatic Stress. The stress was not due to serving my country for 30 years but instead as a
direct result of my divorce in 1999, ending a 20 year marriage and the circumstances too follow.
My then 9 year old daughter was to remain with her mother but was later removed from her custody by the ministry of children & families
because of ongoing abuse. I was given full custody of my daughter in 2000 and saw to it that she was properly cared for with her everyday
needs. In 2003, while my daughter was visiting with her mother I was to receive a phone call from my ex informing me that our daughter was
now going to remain with her. I naturally phoned the police to inform them of my child's abduction by her biological mother, as well as
pointing out that I was the legal custodial parent of our daughter. Instead of an amber alert being issued as is the norm when a father does
not return a child, the police refused to do anything to aid me and directed me instead to retain legal counsel and the family courts. Even the
Ministry of Children & Families who removed my daughter from her mother because of abuse, were now indicating that my ex spouses
actions were not in anyway inappropriate. Nonetheless upon entering the arena of the family courts I was soon to learn that "Equal Justice 4
All" is not to include loving fathers.
In 2005 I hooked up with members and heroes of Fathers 4 Justice Canada and on March 25/05 I helped put the Burnaby Batman and
Robin QC on the Victoria Legislature in a F4J Canada protest. In May of that same year I was to take my place along side of my brothers in
the cause and in protest I scaled a 200 foot tower crane over Yates street in Victoria in protest for Fathers 4 Justice Canada dressed as
Spider man. The rest is history now.
"Members of the forces fight for those who cannot fight for themselves". Although now retired I continue to hold to that very principle and as
such continue to fight for the rights of the children.
given a medical discharge in 2002 for Post Traumatic Stress. The stress was not due to serving my country for 30 years but instead as a
direct result of my divorce in 1999, ending a 20 year marriage and the circumstances too follow.
My then 9 year old daughter was to remain with her mother but was later removed from her custody by the ministry of children & families
because of ongoing abuse. I was given full custody of my daughter in 2000 and saw to it that she was properly cared for with her everyday
needs. In 2003, while my daughter was visiting with her mother I was to receive a phone call from my ex informing me that our daughter was
now going to remain with her. I naturally phoned the police to inform them of my child's abduction by her biological mother, as well as
pointing out that I was the legal custodial parent of our daughter. Instead of an amber alert being issued as is the norm when a father does
not return a child, the police refused to do anything to aid me and directed me instead to retain legal counsel and the family courts. Even the
Ministry of Children & Families who removed my daughter from her mother because of abuse, were now indicating that my ex spouses
actions were not in anyway inappropriate. Nonetheless upon entering the arena of the family courts I was soon to learn that "Equal Justice 4
All" is not to include loving fathers.
In 2005 I hooked up with members and heroes of Fathers 4 Justice Canada and on March 25/05 I helped put the Burnaby Batman and
Robin QC on the Victoria Legislature in a F4J Canada protest. In May of that same year I was to take my place along side of my brothers in
the cause and in protest I scaled a 200 foot tower crane over Yates street in Victoria in protest for Fathers 4 Justice Canada dressed as
Spider man. The rest is history now.
"Members of the forces fight for those who cannot fight for themselves". Although now retired I continue to hold to that very principle and as
such continue to fight for the rights of the children.
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