There's a unique program in Albuquerque that helps victims of abuse. The free service is protecting victims and their families. The group is called Ordo Dei Imperceptus. It helps people who have a child with someone who has abused or attacked them. KOB Eyewitness News 4 talked with one mom, who takes her kids to a pre-arranged custody swap with her ex. She's escorted by a security team, with a camera recording their moves. It's all the work of Ordo Dei Imperceptus. "Having volunteers who are willing to go, be witnesses, protect me and my kids if necessary and also testify in court if necessary to what they saw, it's amazing," she said. She's asked her identity to be hidden, to protect her safety. She met her now ex-husband online. She admits she never did a background check before marrying him and soon became a victim of abuse. "There was stalking behavior and threats. He had threatened to kill me several times," she explained. Now divorced and sharing custody of her two kids, Ordo Dei Imperceptus helps. Volunteers meet with the client the day of the custody swap, talk over security and the background of the attacker and then supervise the child swap at a mutual location, videotaping the entire thing. "The organization was founded with the idea that we would put the teeth back in the restraining order. We're verifying the fact that the restraining order has been violated and it's no longer a he said she said kind of situation," explained Doug Muha with Ordo Dei Imperceptus. The group has even used their video in court, showing a judge when a subject has violated a restraining order, the condition of his bond, or is stalking his victim. They've collected proof that's landed a couple of guys back in jail. "We're not going to go for that. It's not going to happen with us," Muha said.
