Predatory Teachers

According to an article in The Plain Dealer, a former Boy Scouts of America worker pleaded guilty to federal charges of sexual exploitation of children and distribution of child pornography. The defendant recorded children changing in a YMCA locker room in Sandusky, Ohio, at a Boy Scout camp near Oberlin, and in his own home when he had children over…

Every day, millions of parents trust daycare facilities, nannies, after-school programs, and other childcare services to care for their children. These facilities are supposed to provide safe care for some of society’s most vulnerable and impressionable members: our children. Most daycare providers do a fine job. But when children do suffer from sexual abuse at a daycare, the harm to…

According to the US Department of Justice, one out of every four female undergraduate students will be a victim of some form of sexual assault before graduation. Yet sexual abuse at Ohio colleges and universities is chronically under-reported. The ACLU estimates that 95% of campus rapes in the U.S. go unreported. Title IX Prohibits Sexual Abuse at Ohio Colleges and…

Ohio has a number of laws pertaining to sexual predators and habitual sex offenders – and nearly as many predatory teachers who’ve made national news. Here’s just a sample. High School Teacher Had Seven-Month Relationship with Student In 2016, a 36-year-old teacher who’d worked for her school district for 15 years, was sentenced to seven days in jail for sleeping…