Pinner teacher sexually abused boys, court hears

A PINNER Latin teacher subjected three pupils to a sustained campaign of sexual abuse, a court heard today.

Michael Gordon, 55, of Thrush Green, regularly stroked the youngsters’ thighs and pressed himself up against their backsides, it is claimed.

The boys, who were all aged between 10 and 13 at the time, said the abuse made them feel “shivery” and “horrible”, jurors at Southwark Crown Court were told.

Mingo County Teacher Charged with Sexual Abuse and Incest

According to Mingo County Sheriff's deputies, Johnny Ray Dempsey is accused of sexual abuse. Dempsey is a teacher with the Mingo County School system.

He will appear in Mingo County Magistrate Court Wednesday at 9 a.m. Dempsey was arrested last Friday and held on a $100,000 cash only bond. He is charged with one court of sex abuse by a parent and one count of incest.

New abuse claims against former Shanlet teacher

clipped from www.inforum.com A third lawsuit in North Dakota accusing a former teacher at Fargo’s Shanley High School of sex abuse was filed in Cass County District Court on Tuesday. The lawsuit claims that Brother Raimond Rose, on a school-sponsored overnight trip to Bismarck in 1978 or 1979, groped Paul Mehl while he was sleeping. Mehl, 48, of Fargo, was 16 or 17 years old at the time, according to the civil complaint.

Mingo Teacher Arrested on Sexual Abuse Charges

clipped from www.wsaz.com WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A Mingo County teacher is in jail after being arrested on sexual abuse charges. Mingo County Sheriff Deputies arrested Johnny Ray Dempsey, 36, of Delbarton, on Friday. Dempsey is charged with sexual abuse and incest. Sheriff's deputies tell WSAZ.com the charges involve an alleged incident back in June. Mingo County Superintendent, Dwight Dials, confirms that Dempsey is a teacher at Kermit K-8 and Tug Valley High School.

Ex-Newfane teacher gets prison on sex abuse guilty plea

clipped from www.lockportjournal.com A former Newfane High School teacher was sentenced Monday afternoon to 1 1/2 years in state prison and 10 years post-release supervision on a guilty plea for sex offenses against a student less than the age of 17. Allan V. Grogan, 50, formerly of Derby, now 121 Holiday Lane, Apt. G6, Hamburg, pleaded guilty Sept. 9 to first-degree disseminating indecent material to minors, a Class E felony; two misdemeanor counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child; and four misdemeanor counts of third-degree sexual abuse.

'Sex-pest' struck off teachers' roll

A KwaZulu-Natal teacher who allegedly sexually abused female pupils has been struck off the teachers' roll - and will probably not be allowed back in a classroom anywhere in the world.
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The man, whose identity cannot be revealed because his trial has not been concluded, was last year found guilty of "gross sexual abuse" by the SA Council of Educators.

He taught at Umlazi's Makhumbuza High School.

He was suspended along with four other teachers in April after an investigation by the council into allegations that the teachers were sexually exploiting pupils.

Select Committee on EMR sex scandal presents report to House of Assembly

"From the evidence, therefore, there were two complaints from two separate persons. The first occurring in 2007 when it appears the complainant might still have been a student at that school and the second in September 2008 by a former student. In both instances no action was taken against the teacher who was allowed to remain and continue teaching at that school."

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.

Vernal teacher suspected of sexually abusing student

A Vernal Junior High School teacher is in jail after being accused of having an "inappropriate" relationship with a student.

Norman Ray Bernard, 57, was arrested this week on suspicion of sexual abuse of a child, according to a news release by the Vernal Police Department.

Investigate Ex-Teacher For Sex Abuse

A former St. Rita faculty member has been temporarily released from his position as head of Senior Services for the City of Berwyn pending a police investigation into molestation charges.

In 1997, a civil lawsuit was filed against former theology teacher and soccer coach Frank Paduch, alleging the former Augustinian brother sexually abused a freshman male in 1980-81.

The lawsuit was settled two years later for an undisclosed amount.

Silver Spring man arrested on charges of sexual abuse

A Washington, D.C., private school teacher from Silver Spring was arrested last week for allegedly committing sexual abuse on a male student while the student was doing chores at the teacher's house, police said Thursday.

Substitute teacher faces child porn charges

A former substitute teacher at a Fort Collins charter school is set to stand trial next month after police found more than 5,000 images of child pornography on his computer.

The parents of a 14-year-old girl, whose exchanges on MySpace. com with Brian Kane, 31, of Fort Collins led to a police investigation, say they are angry that administrators at Liberty Common School were more concerned with Kane's "privacy" than their daughter's well-being.

Teacher barred for sexual offence

Second former Pontville School pupil comes forward with allegations of abuse

Govt agencies 'dropped the ball' in sex abuse case

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.

Sheffield Teacher Charged In Sex Abuse Case Loses Job

COLBERT COUNTY, AL - An update on a teacher in Colbert County who is charged with rape and sodomy. Amanda Watkins, a teacher at Sheffield Junior High School, has been fired.

Watkins was an eighth grade teacher at the school. Muscle Shoals Police arrested her last month. Police say they caught her engaged in an inappropriate sexual relation with a ninth grade student. The student was in her class last year.

Watkins had been on paid administrative leave.

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Sidwell Friends fires teacher, Robert A. "Pete" Peterson, accused of sex abuse

Police in Montgomery and Queen Anne's counties have charged a Sidwell Friends middle school teacher with sexual abuse of a minor and other sexual offenses, according to law enforcement officials.

On Wednesday, the private Northwest Washington school announced that it had fired social studies teacher Robert A. "Pete" Peterson, 65.

Peterson taught seventh and eighth grades and was director of the school's Camp Corsica on Maryland's Eastern Shore. He was placed on leave shortly before the beginning of the 2009-10 school year.

Peterson has not been permitted on campus or at school-sponsored events since then, school officials said. He was dismissed Jan. 14.

According to Montgomery County charging documents dated Jan. 14, Peterson befriended a male Sidwell student and repeatedly invited him to his Silver Spring home. Peterson showed the student pornography and touched him inappropriately, the charging documents say.

Former AHS band director pleads guilty

clipped from www.thetelegraph.com EDWARDSVILLE - Former Alton High School music teacher Matt Lang pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of criminal sexual assault after a prosecutor revealed for the first time that the victim participated in an electronic eavesdrop. The parents reported the case to the Madison County Sheriff's Department, and authorities took the victim to the county's Child Advocacy Center in Wood River, where she admitted in an interview that she was having a sexual relationship with Lang.

Greece teacher Jeffrey Hoffman rejects plea

clipped from www.democratandchronicle.com Greece elementary school music teacher Jeffrey A. Hoffman will go to trial this spring on charges that he sexually assaulted a student. Hoffman, 28, on Tuesday rejected an offer that would have sent him to prison for two years if he pleaded guilty to a felony of second-degree criminal sexual act, the most serious charge against him. Under terms of the proposed plea offer, which was accepted by the student and her family, Hoffman also would have been supervised by parole officers for 10 years after his release from prison.

Details Of Sex Abuse Involving Teacher Of The Year

clipped from www.wkrg.com For the first time since Charles Lewis Jr., 50, was arrested January 12th, Dr. Roy Nichols acknowledged complaints against the teacher may have been mishandled. Nichols insists the school district is conducting an internal investigation to find out who knew about the prior complaints.

Deputy head at Princess Diana's former school charged with having affair with pupil

William Whillock, 56, was arrested in front of staff and students at The New School in West Heath, near Sevenoaks, Kent, after the head teacher was told of the affair and alerted police.

He had been in charge of child protection at the school, which caters for "damaged" pupils who have been "emotionally scarred by abuse, bereavement, bullying or other trauma" and cannot get along in maintream education, according to its website.

Radcliff teacher pleads to felony

A Radcliff middle school teacher indicted in March on a charge of tampering with a witness pleaded guilty to the felony charge Friday in Bardstown’s 10th Circuit Court.

The 29-year-old teacher, Angela Taylor, remains employed with Hardin County Schools, despite pleading to the felony charge.

Taylor, with her boyfriend, 27-year-old David M. Morris, also was indicted last year on more than 200 felony counts relating to child pornography. Kentucky State Police claim images depicting a child performing sex acts were found on a computer at the couple’s Bardstown home July 1, 2009.

James West, school dean in sex abuse case, faces lawsuit by alleged victim

The ex-Catholic school dean who got a conditional discharge in a sexual abuse case now faces a lawsuit by the young man he allegedly fondled.

Jail for teacher who nearly drove his teenage abuse victim to suicide

A TEACHER in Hull has been jailed for five years after a traumatised teenage girl he sexually abused called ChildLine for help.

Raymond Hendrickson, 42, a teacher at South Holderness Technology College, admitted abusing the youngster over a four-year period.

Brunswick schools settle sex abuse lawsuit

The Brunswick County school board has settled a 2-year-old lawsuit that claimed school officials neglected to stop a South Brunswick High School custodian from molesting a learning-disabled boy.

Teacher in sex abuse case exposed himself to Causey school student, complaint claims

BAY MINETTE, Ala. -- A Causey Middle School teacher arrested this week on a child sex abuse charge had previously been accused of exposing himself to a Causey student, a Mobile County school system official said Thursday.

The accusation was not proven and therefore not included in the teacher's personnel file, according to the school system.

Eight Mile Rock High School Sexual Misconduct Allegations

In late April of last year in wake of several allegation of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of students at the Eight Mile Rock High School, allegedly perpetrated by a teacher at that school, the House of Assembly agreed to the appointment of the Committee to investigate the allegations.

Teacher who molested six girls is free

clipped from www.wivb.com On parole after serving eight years of sentence NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) - A former teacher who molested six girls in North Tonawanda is out of prison. 36-year-old Jason Lorich is now on parole after serving more than eight years of a ten year sentence. He pleaded guilty in 2001 to six counts of sexual abuse while teaching at Meadow Elementary School.

St. Paul junior high teacher accused of fondling girl, 12

A 43-year-old St. Paul junior high school teacher charged Wednesday with criminal sexual conduct is accused of drugging and then molesting a 12-year-old girl.

Robert Howard Swanson, a math teacher at St. Paul's Ramsey Junior High School, was charged in Isanti County District Court. The attack is alleged to have occurred over the New Year's weekend at his Cambridge home.

Causey Middle School teacher arrested on child sex abuse charge

BAY MINETTE, Ala. -- A teacher at Causey Middle School in west Mobile was arrested Tuesday evening on a child sexual abuse charge in Baldwin County while on paid administrative leave involving a drunken-driving arrest last week, officials said.

Charles Milton Lewis Jr., 50, of Summerdale, was booked into the Baldwin County Corrections Center charged with sexual abuse of a child under age 12, Baldwin Sheriff's spokesman Maj. Anthony Lowery said in a news release.

Priest Teacher Hell

clipped from www.armidaleexpress.com.au Priest for trial on sex charges A FORMER Armidale Catholic priest will go to trial in April on charges of sexual misconduct. Peter William Dwyer, 67, now of Bellingen, faces 12 charges of abuse, most with a 13-year-old boy in 1982. His trial at Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court will begin on April 27. Dwyer is one of nine former staff members of St Stanislaus’ College in Bathurst - five priests, two ex-priests, one brother and one lay teacher - who face a total of more than 200 charges over alleged sexual abuse of students in the 1970s and 1980s. None has pleaded guilty. Five have been committed for trial. Charges against the nine men were laid following investigations by detectives attached to Operation Belle and a series of arrests from September 2008. After leaving St Stanislaus in 1992, Dwyer worked at the main Catholic seminar in Sydney and became a priest with the Armidale parish.

Lifting the lid on school sex abuse

clipped from www.drogheda-independent.ie A DROGHEDA author and poet has lifted the lid on sex abuse by a Christian Brother in St Joseph's national school in the 1960s. Terry McHugh claims he was the victim of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of Brother PS O'Riain (Brother Patrick Ryan, now deceased) and has chronicled his experiences within the lines and pages of his book of poetry ' The Baby's Not Settling'. Terry says the abuse began when he was 9 years of age and continued until he left for secondary school in 1965. 'There may be a perception that sexual abuse only happened in boarding schools or orphanages but it was in day schools too, and here in Drogheda.'

Band teacher accused of sexual abuse plans to take case to trial

clipped from www.thebatavian.com Band teacher accused of sexual abuse plans to take case to trial Kerry Hoffmann, the 27-year-old former band teacher from Oakfield-Alabama accused of sexually abusing a student, will take his case to trial, according to his attorney. "People will be surprised," said his attorney, Thomas D. Calandra. "We will be bringing up issues that will surprise people."

Ex-schoolteacher jailed over child porn pictures

clipped from www.worcesternews.co.uk Ex-schoolteacher jailed over child porn pictures A FORMER teacher who set up a successful lesson planning website has been sent to prison for 12 months for a child porn offence. Police recovered 424 computer images of children that Samuel Kinge had deleted.

Diocese school superintendent is the subject of sex abuse review

clipped from thetimes-tribune.com Diocese school superintendent is the subject of sex abuse review by DA's office The superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Scranton, who has taken a leave of absence, is the subject of a sexual abuse allegation under review by the Lackawanna County district attorney's office, District Attorney Andy Jarbola said Monday.