Susan de Grood knows the immense pain and sorrow her son caused. \u0022If you know Matthew, he\u0027s not the monster people like to believe he was.\u0022
In de Grood’s appeal last month, Jacqueline Petrie argued her client is facing in the review board “arbiters who were recruited by the provincial government for the express purpose of ensuring he is not discharged or granted further privileges.”Susan de Grood said she’s nevertheless seen the board become more “adversarial” since the 2019 decision. She was particularly disturbed how the board handled a privacy breach involving one of the victim’s parents.
The parent’s victim impact statement also contained what Petrie said “could be regarded as implied threats.” She added that some of the families had posted unedited versions of victim impact statements that had been redacted by the board for “inappropriate content.” Petrie said other online posts have “implied, or encouraged, vigilante action and retribution toward the appellant, and his parents.
“There is a safety factor here, because the information is such that, if it is posted , and somebody decides to come hunt us down, what recourse do we have?” Susan de Grood said. “The focus of the board isn’t now about what Matthew did and how he’s supposed to get better,” Susan de Grood said. “The focus is still trying to make him pay for what he did, and reminding him every year of what a horrible person he is.”Article contentIn 2022, the review board opted to continue restricting de Grood to a group home.
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