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Wellington college teacher found guilty of sexual abuse
A teacher at one of the country's most prestigious private schools has been found guilty of sexually abusing five young boys. Bruce Roth, who taught maths at £30,000-a-year Wellington college in Crowthorne, Berkshire, until he
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 »West Orange teacher from Montclair pleads not guilty to sex assault charges
West Orange High School teacher Erica DePalo pleaded not guilty this morning during an arraignment on charges that she had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old male student this summer. DePalo, 33, of Montclair, who
Read More »Public school district not liable for teacher’s sexual abuse of student: Court
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
Read More »Dan Whitehead, Ex-Brophy Teacher, Arrested for Alleged Sexual Abuse of Students in ’80s
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
Read More »Wisconsin School District Not Liable for Teacher Kelly Sweet’s Sexual Abuse of 8th Grader
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
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