My story, hmmm. First of all I am survivor of horrible domestic violence. I am not a victim. I learned that I am not in the storm, I am the storm. This story is national and is so devastating to all that were involved. Please google Anthony Templet, this is my stepson who now fights 2nd degree murder. He currently lives with me in a 1 bedroom apartment. And we have a court date of 1/26/2021. The abusers name was Burt Templet, Anthony's father and my husband. Upon being shot in the chest and head, surviving on a ventilator, I donated my abusive husbands organs to LOPA and turned the ventilator off on June 6, 2019. I found my husbands wallet and discovered 6 unknown credit cards in it with a total of 80,000 in credit card debt. I hacked his email and discovered he was on Adult Friend Finder and had a file of pictures of naked men. I learned that my stepsons biological mother (whom Burt told me was dead) was alive in Texas. But he thought she was dead because he hired someone to kill her. I was not one of 2 wives, but 4. All beaten, one almost beaten to death.
$16,000 in debt to the Louisiana Department of Revenue, for failure to file. There is so much more to this story. So much that I have been contacted by a filming crew in New York and have been filming a documentary on this man who loved me. It is a bittersweet moment when you turn the ventilator off on the man you love with all your heart. And you cannot figure out why he could not fix himself. Outside of the abusive times he was a different person all together. Loving, caring, emotional a excellent provider for his family. Though he did seek counseling and it helped him some. Something was just not right in his brain. May he finally rest in peace, Burt Anthony Templet.
What is left of my family is now left to pick up the pieces, emotionally and financially. We hare struggling so much financially. If there is anyone out there that would offer to help us monetarily, I would so appreciate it. I struggle mentally, to try to wrap my head around all that I have found out about the man who loved me. Every day is a mental challenge.
Susan Templet
(225) 400-1514
I called the Battered Women's Program on night after yet another incident with my then live in boyfriend. The person on the phone was helpful, knowledgeable, and nonjudgemental.
Capital Area Family Violence Intervention Center (CAFVIC) provides a variety of services to victims of domestic violence in a seven parish area surrounding Baton Rouge. CAFVIC offers shelter, legal services, education and children's services at both its main office and outreach offices. As a survivor of DV, I wish this program, and others like it, would have been in place 40+ years ago. Women, like myself, would have benefited greatly from these services. Maybe if we had been better educated, we could have done more to break the cycle of violence by now.
The Battered Women's Program has been empowering women and children through a variety of programs for over 30 years. Our oldest and largest program is the 24-hour emergency shelter for battered women and their dependent children. In addition to physical safety, the shelter provides personal advocacy, information and referral, support groups, and education for the larger community about violence and its effects. Community support is critical to the success of our events and we greatly appreciate your participation!
CAFVIC helps women and children in need of a safe place to stay free from abuse. This organization provides shelter, counseling, legal help, and crisis services to women who are in abusive relationships. I am a volunteer with CAFVIC. We have someone answering the crisis line 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. We provide information at booth events throughout the community, dv education, safety planning, and a myriad of other services.
I experience the affects of Domestic Violence personally, but also I saw what my mother went through and I think she didnt know of all the resources available to her. Being apart of this organization has made me more aware of all the resources so that I can inform other females about this organization. Being with the LCWIC has really shown me the affect as well of what women go through with Domestic Violence and how it affects someone not just physically but emotionally as well
Having first hand knowledge and experience with domestic violence, I understand the physical,emotional,finicial and mental support needed to begin to address the challenges and hardships assoicated with domestic violence. From my first encounter with this organziation I was convinced that not only was the staff fully trained and organized but the staff had compassion for the women and childern and were passionate about what they did everyday. This is truly an organization committed to meeting the needs of those who have been victimized. Simple things that we may take for granted like toothpaste, a comb or a towel may be the one thing you can give to lighten the load of a person that is is need. Multiple everyday basic needs by 365 days a year times the number of women and childern serviced through this agency and the results are simple, we need every penny you give and every minute you volunteer. Lives are changed forever through this agency and new life can begin. SAH
I am a recent addition to the Capital Area Family Violence Intervention Center Battered Women's Program Board of Directors, however, as the Director of the LSU Women's Center, I have partnered with this organization for the past 2 years on the Take Back the Night Candlelight Vigil and March. I preface the following statement by saying that I have the utmost respect for all of the other nonprofit organizations related to women's issues in Baton Rouge but there is not an organization more hard-working, passionate, and dedicated to helping women in East Baton Rouge Parish then this group. From the Executive Director and fearless leader, Martha Forbes, to their selfless hotline volunteers, these folks are highly trained, highly motivated, and compassionate people that will go to great lengths to help anyone that steps through their doors.
I have served as a referring source to CAFVIC/Battered Women's Program and have witnessed clients treated with the utmost respect despite their circumstances. I've had former clients confirm the amount of support, guidance, and protection from their abusers. This nonprofit organization has shown to be very helpful in the Baton Rouge community.
I chose to volunteer at CAFVIC as a result of my own life experiences with Domestic Violence. Their educational programs are outstanding and their staff is will to serve as powerful advocates for the women, children and men that need shelter and legal services as a result of family violence. I believe that if more people volunteered and supported this group, our local community could stop the cycle of family violence. Thank you.