A near total breakdown in communication, procedure and protocols throughout several government agencies, might have allowed a suspected child molester to leave the jurisdiction without being brought to justice, according to the findings of a committee to investigate alleged cases of sexual abuse at the Eight Mile Rock High School (EMR).
The final report of the committee was presented and tabled in the House of Assembly by Committee Chairman and Englerston MP Glenys Hanna-Martin yesterday. Hanna- Martin said that one of the most disturbing things the committee discovered through research and public hearings, was that "teachers, administrators and staff were all aware of allegations and failed to report it."
Those allegations were reportedly leveled against former EMR art teacher Andre Birbal by several male students, long before he was arrested and questioned in connection with the alleged molestation of one of his former male students last year.
