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Former Olin teacher, coach convicted of sexual exploitation will be resentenced
A former Olin High School resource teacher and volleyball coach convicted of sexual exploitation and other charges in 2011 will be resentenced because the trial court considered a prior assault charge which was never
Read More »Audit uncovers cases of sex offenders in foster homes, pre-schools
A report by the state auditor’s office has found that 28 sex offenders had been living in state-approved foster homes and preschools and day cares operated in private homes. One school district had employed
Read More »Expensive background checks for school volunteers?
The Pinellas County School Board had an interesting discussion recently about what level of background checks they should be doing on school volunteers. A strict reading of the district's policy would require that any
Read More »Tutor jailed for sex abuse of students
A tutor at an Auckland school who sexually assaulted two pupils has been jailed for two years. The 19-year-old was sentenced in the High Court at Auckland today before Justice Pamela Andrews.
Read More »Ex-teacher Bernard Haunch to face sex abuse retrial
A former teacher accused of sexually abusing children while he taught at a West Sussex school will face a retrial after a jury failed to reach verdicts. Bernard Haunch, 77, of London, denied 16 counts
Read More »Teacher accused of child sex abuse had worked at multiple valley schools
Indian Wells police arrested a teacher on Wednesday who is accused of sexually assaulting a fourth-grade girl and others. Robert Keith Bryan, 59, was released from jail early Thursday morning, according to jail records
Read More »Teacher accused of sex assault appears in court
A teacher who is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a former student when he was in Grade 10 appeared in a Toronto court Wednesday. Mary Gowans has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault
Read More »Female teacher had a romantic relationship with 14-year-old student, trial told
This story contains graphic content. A teenager says he and a Toronto elementary school teacher developed a romantic relationship starting when he was 14. “She would express her feelings toward me, how she’s happier now that
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