Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

you mis-understand

I am not advocating that he be given a ''pass''. I'm just wondering what the general public thinks should happen to him.

I was just staing what I have read to be the facts -- he was accused, not convicted. He was given a reprimand, not a job loss. I don't know any more that what has been written.

Just curious, was he married at the time? I know his wife works at PHSC. And how in the world did he find someone in Texas?

railroaded

Sitting here watching the 10 PM news and I see where a teacher at the Worthington Christian High School was arrested yesterday for fondling a 16 year old student in Wisconsin in 1997.

First of all how does a man defend himself with these kinds of allegations? He apparently moved to Ohio and started teaching at Worthington in 1998. TEN YEARS later this young lady comes forward to make these charges.

Fondling what is the heck is that and why would the judge set the bail at $50,000. Why would the police go into his place of employment and take him out in hand cuffs. This sounds like the Duke rape case all over again.

Clearly fondling a 16 year old is not going to leave any evidence after TEN YEARS. Tell me folks what were you doing on October 25th 1997? Unless something very important or very negative in you life happened none of you remember. How can a court allow a 26 year old to now come forward and make those kinds of allegations. As far as the TV reported this teachers is married and he has had no other complaints lodge against him. Apparently the students and the staff here think very highly of this teacher.

Why should this person now have to defend himself? This case should be thrown out of court. If this was such a crime in 1997 then why not report it in 1997. Even in 1998 after he had left the area and was no longer a treat to her if he ever was. Clearly if it had been a rape of any kind DNA was available in 1997 and it would have had positive evindence against the teacher.

This teacher is being railroaded

By Wilbur

Thanks, Reade and the Readettes

Clearly you don't have daughters. Or a sense of the law. Or a sense of responsibility for the other daughters out there.

Clearly, 10 years is within the statute of limitations for fondling a student. Even if it had been reported the next day, what kind of evidence would there be?

If he had fondled your daughter, you would want her to come forward, even if it happened 10 years ago.

If you had daughters in the Worthington Christian schools, you would want to know about a fondling incident.

As you clearly are not aware, just because no other incidents had been reported doesn't mean no incidents had occurred.

Maybe this is one for the justice system to handle, not school apologists who think everything teachers do is golden, just because they're teachers.

Hey, maybe he was just trying to give her an education and fondling was required for her to learn!!!!!!

By Definitely not a Readette

The difference is

Aren't there e-mails where the Pick. North teacher said he loved this child? No allegations here.

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