Edited sentence: "Ontario Court of Appeal unequivocally found the Durham Children's Aid Society [Ontario, Canada] and its social workers guilty of the grossest negligence, gross incompetence and malicious prosecution.Also, there have been several scandals involving false testimony about alleged child sexual abuse.Child welfare agency successfully sued.Dorian A.In many states, workers are regularly hired without a degree in social work.In these cases, often referred to as modern witchhunts, it is generally acknowledged that some social workers, not sufficiently trained and often overzealous, created false memories through suggestive questioning.Internationally, many courts are now rejecting this type of testimony.It is hard to hold a profession accountable for people who are not really members of the profession.It seems that many of the people that are associated with this type of behavior are not professional social workers at all, but mearly government or agency employees who have the job title of social worker.Professional social work, in the United States, requires a degree from an CSWE accredited social work program