Teacher Verification – Case Studies

Public school district not liable for teacher’s sexual abuse of student: Court

teacherverification September 12, 2012 0

A public school district cannot be held liable for a teacher's sexual abuse of a student because it had only suspicions and no actual knowledge of the abuse, said an appellate district court Monday

Dan Whitehead, Ex-Brophy Teacher, Arrested for Alleged Sexual Abuse of Students in ’80s

teacherverification September 11, 2012 0

Dan Whitehead, the former Brophy College Preparatory instructor who was fired from the Jesuit school in November for alleged sexual misconduct with students, was arrested this weekend on sexual-assault and sexual-abuse charges. Whitehead, 71, was

Wisconsin School District Not Liable for Teacher Kelly Sweet’s Sexual Abuse of 8th Grader

teacherverification September 11, 2012 0

A Wisconsin public school district is not liable for a 26-year-old female teacher's sexual abuse of an eighth-grade boy, the 7th Circuit ruled Monday. St. Francis School District teacher Kelly

Deaths in lawyer’s family delay sexual abuse trial of priest and teacher

teacherverification September 6, 2012 0

Tuesday's scheduled start of jury selection in the trial of a former Philadelphia priest and a Catholic schoolteacher on charges they sexually abused a 10-year-old altar boy was postponed after deaths in the extended

Former teacher on sex charges

teacherverification September 4, 2012 0

A former deputy principal has gone on trial for sexually abusing a young girl. The accused, who is in his 60s, appeared in the Rotorua District Court yesterday charged with repeatedly abusing the girl over

Teacher pleads guilty on sex-abuse counts

teacherverification August 30, 2012 0

A Melbourne teacher has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a female student. Daphney Louise Matthews, 39, pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court to five sex charges involving a child under the age of

Our view: When a child is sexually assaulted

teacherverification August 29, 2012 0

Last week, a Lowndes County jury found Columbus businessman Benny Shelton guilty of sexual assault of a minor. The details of the case are -- quite naturally -- disturbing. And so was the conduct

Parents Blame School for Sexual Assault

teacherverification August 28, 2012 0

NEW ORLEANS (CN) - Parents claim in court that their 14-year-old autistic son was sexually assaulted in a public school bathroom by a 20-year-old handicapped student. Parents T.S. and C.S.