When you put your child in the care of another adult, you trust they will protect, care for and treat your son or daughter with respect. Yet, all too often news reports tell stories of the complete opposite. Such is the case in the recently-released list of Diocesan...
Coach Sexual Abuse
Documents: Joe Paterno ignored boy’s Jerry Sandusky complaint in 1976 – Hartford Courant
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, told by a teenage boy in 1976 that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky molested him in a shower, responded that he didn't want to hear about it and had "a football season to worry about," according to court documents unsealed Tuesday....
Who is a mandated reporter in Connecticut?
By law in Connecticut, people in certain professions and occupations that have contact with children or whose primary focus is children must report suspected child abuse or neglect (CGS § 17a-101). These are called mandated reporters and they must make the...
E.O. Smith H.S. in Mansfield CT Coach Charged with Sexually Assaulting Students
Recently there has been a great deal of writing in the popular press about the problem of sexual assault at the University of Connecticut. Last week, police arrested Geoffrey Justin Gillette, a former teaching assistant and coach at E. O. Smith High School in nearby...
New Details on Fairfield Ludlowe High School Fencing Coach Sexually Assaulting Female Student
A 36-year-old man who coached Fairfield high schools' fencing team, and also coached the sport at Wakeman Boys & Girls Club, has been charged with sexually assaulting a female student at Fairfield Ludlowe High School last year. John Tejada, of...
Fencing Coach Accused of Student Sex Assault in Fairfield, Connecticut
A man who served as the fencing coach at public high schools in Fairfield, Connecticut has been arrested, accused of sexually assaulting a female Fairfield public school student. John Tejada, 36, of Cheshire, was arrested at Fairfield Police Department on Thursday on...
Former Brookfield Connecticut Cheerleading Coach Sentenced in Sex Scandal
A former Brookfield cheerleading coach escaped prison time Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to exchanging nude photographs with a 15-year-old Monroe girl he had been coaching. Standing before Superior Court Judge Richard Arnold, 31-year-old Manuel...
Social Worker Accused of Interfering with Staples Coach Sexual Assault Case
The sex-assault case against a former Staples High School boys swim coach took a twist last week when a Fairfield social worker was charged with refusing to cooperate with the police investigation. Valerie Wilke, 51, a licensed social worker who lives on...
Poly Prep settles lawsuit claiming football coach Phil Foglietta sexually abused hundreds of boys
Poly Prep Country Day School, one of New York's most prestigious private schools, has agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit claiming its longtime football coach sexually abused hundreds of boys over a 25-year period and that officials covered up the assaults...
Fairfield man, ex-Staples swim coach, charged with sexually assaulting girls
The former boys swim coach at Staples High School in Westport was arrested Monday after police said he confessed to sexually assaulting two young girls for more than three years. Jeffrey Schare of Fairfield, who had been coach of the Wreckers boys swim and...
