A family in Massachusetts is fighting to regain custody of their teenage daughter Sophie after the state took her away from them in 2024.
The reason?
Sophie’s parents, devout Catholics Joseph and Arlene Kutzko, refused to affirm her “gender identity” after her school — without their knowledge — brainwashed her into believing she is a boy.
On her
Lighthouse Faith podcast,
Fox News correspondent Lauren Green described this family’s nightmare situation:
Devout Catholic parents are fighting in court to regain custody of their 17-year-old daughter, Sophie, and stop Massachusetts authorities from medically transitioning her with high-dose testosterone. In December 2024, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) removed the then 15-year-old from her home because her parents, Joseph and Arlene Kutzko, would not recognize their daughter as a boy due to their faith–an identity change they allege staff at Algonquin Regional High School initiated in secret. Although physical abuse claims against Joseph were deemed unfounded, a permanent restraining order was issued against the family, and DCF cut off contact after the Kutzkos would not call Sophie by a male name or pronouns.
These devastated parents, who have not spoken to their daughter in nearly two years, are suing to bring her back home.
Meanwhile, she is being housed in a boys’ dormitory and has been put on birth control and psychiatric drugs.
The only silver lining is that a judge has temporarily blocked the state from giving her “gender-affirming” testosterone treatment, which would have lifelong, damaging effects.
This Fox News clip dove deeper into the story:
A Massachusetts family says the state took custody of their teenage daughter after they refused to affirm her as a boy, citing their Catholic faith.
The parents allege a school counselor socially transitioned their daughter without their knowledge, then reported them to the Department of Children and Families.
Now the state has guardianship, and a restraining order prevents the teen’s parents and older brother from contacting her.
A judge has temporarily blocked the state from administering high-dose testosterone as the family fights the case. The next court hearing is set for Oct. 29.
We live in a crazy world where refusing to fuel your daughter’s delusions about her gender qualifies as child abuse. (Really, it should be the opposite way around!)
This case is a blatant infringement on parental rights, and it sets a terrifying precedent.
Parents — not schools, and certainly not the state — should be in charge of their children. Period.
Take a look at some of these insights from folks on X:
This is absolutely INSANE this is happening in America! Since when does a school counselor have more control over a child than their own parents!
https://t.co/coPfTPCKIY
— Congressman Greg Steube (@RepGregSteube)
September 14, 2026
In Massachusetts, they’ll take your kids away not because you’ve abused them, but because you’ve objected to their abuse at the hands of the trans cult. What happened to parental rights and religious freedom?
People ask why I care so much about this issue. This is why. If this…
https://t.co/LVbKe1o478
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon)
September 14, 2026
This is madness. These poor people wouldn’t lie to their daughter. They didn’t want to drug her or participate in her delusions. So THE STATE stole the girl from her loving parents.
Massachusetts is not misguided or mistaken or just crazy liberal.
Massachusetts is evil.…
https://t.co/ssbKZ2Fwoi
— Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan)
September 14, 2026
Sen. Mike Lee pointed out the hypocrisy of the Democrat party:
Massachusetts Democrats will not hand foreign murderers and rapists over to ICE for deportation, but they will kidnap your child for gender “transition.”
https://t.co/4QNia2A9UR
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee)
September 14, 2026
Please keep the Kutzko family in your prayers as they fight to bring their daughter back home where she belongs.
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