Friday, January 22, 2010

Editorial: Tell public why allegation wasn't reported

AN INVESTIGATION into why authorities weren’t notified of an allegation that a Causey Middle School teacher had exposed himself in front of a student is not only appropriate, it’s overdue.


Charles Milton Lewis Jr., Causey’s teacher of the year in the 2008-09 school year, was arrested Jan. 4, after an accident in Baldwin County, on a charge of driving under the influence.


Then, on Jan. 12, he was arrested again on charges of sexual abuse of a child under age 12 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Baldwin County authorities said a 9-year-old boy acquainted with Mr. Lewis overheard his mother talking about the drunken-driving arrest, and told her about an alleged incident of sexual abuse at Mr. Lewis’ Summerdale home last summer.