What is the test for removing a child from the home of a parent who abuses one of his children?

"Experience has shown that a parent who abuses one of his children is likely to abuse his other children. This has become a rule of evidence in child protective proceedings." (Matter of Edwards, supra, 70 Misc.2d p. 862, 335 N.Y.S.2d 575). "When the warning flags from the storms of abuse and neglect are still flying and there is a clear and present danger to children, the court must exercise its proper function in removing the other child from the home (Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 [39 S.Ct. 247, 63 L.Ed. 470] )". (Id.) When prior acts of abuse or neglect with respect to one child of the parties, by their very nature, manifest the parents' faulty understanding of their basic duties and obligations, that prior finding will support a present determination of imminent danger to the parties' other children (Matter of

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