Child Sex Abuse & Offenders

[phkrause]

19 minutes ago, Joe Knapp said:

Getting away with what?   I cannot remember what I did 40 years ago. I doubt many people can accurately remember things from 40 years ago. 

What do you mean "Getting away with what?" He abused children!!!!! Obviously the children never forgot!

[Asia Joe]

I did further research into this. Scientists cannot determine the accuracy of children's memories. There are theories, based off of small studies, but that is all. 

Certainly, this is a big problem. It seems much bigger today than 40 years ago. We should prosecute all people involved in this, not just the perpetrator.  

 

[phkrause]

4 minutes ago, Joe Knapp said:

I did further research into this. Scientists cannot determine the accuracy of children's memories. There are theories, based off of small studies, but that is all. 

Certainly, this is a big problem. It seems much bigger today than 40 years ago. We should prosecute all people involved in this, not just the perpetrator. 

So they should prosecute the kids??

[bonnie1962]

57 minutes ago, phkrause said:

So they should prosecute the kids??

 Did you honestly mean that as a  legitimate question? Generally there are those around the guilty that know what is going on and are afraid to speak out. If you have never been close to a situation of clergy abuse you don't understand the  punch in the gut it is to find out how many have known. That knowledge itself is almost as bad as the actual physical abuse. And yes,those that knew and did nothing deserve to pay a price for their silence. I am fairly certain that is what was meant by that statement

[phkrause]

22 hours ago, bonnie1962 said:

 Did you honestly mean that as a  legitimate question?

Was being sarcastic!!

 

22 hours ago, bonnie1962 said:

Generally there are those around the guilty that know what is going on and are afraid to speak out.

Agree!!

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Could a Florida death penalty case reshape how U.S. handles child sex abuse?

Earlier this month, Palm Beach County prosecutors announced that they would be seeking the death penalty against two men accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl, crimes they described as “the most horrific imaginable” and worthy of the most severe punishment.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/22/could-a-florida-death-penalty-case-reshape-how-u-s-handles-child-sex-abuse/?

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What did they know and when did they know it?

https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/new-jersey-lgbtq-group-ducks-questions-leaders-arrest?

Ousted Air Force Special Ops Command Chief Faces Child Sexual Abuse Material Charges

Former Air Force Special Operations Command Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green has been charged with “possession, viewing, and producing child pornography,” the Air Force quietly announced this week.

https://theintercept.com/2025/12/19/air-force-special-operations-child-sexual-abuse-material/?

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Actor Timothy Busfield indicted in New Mexico on 4 counts of sexual contact with a child

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — “West Wing” and “Field of Dreams” actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child under age 13, a New Mexico prosecutor announced Friday.

https://apnews.com/article/timothy-busfield-sexual-misconduct-355c30edad16d0ba079b192eb673cb0b?

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https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2026/02/12/arizona-principal-faces-student-sexual-assault-charges-in-canada/88482809007/

Phoenix principal accused of sexually assaulting student 38 years ago

The principal of a north Phoenix Christian school spent years running from allegations that he sexually assaulted an underage student.

His past — along with a 2019 arrest warrant out of Canada — caught up with him in late January.

Anthony Oucharek told The Arizona Republic he was placed on administrative leave from Glenview Adventist Academy on Jan. 29 after sex crimes detectives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, contacted church officials and demanded he turn himself in.

This isn't the first time Oucharek or Seventh-day Adventist Church supervisors were confronted with claims he had sex with the student as a grade-school teacher in Canada 38 years ago.

Oucharek said his former student tried to get him fired as principal from a North Dakota church school in 2019, but officials did not cede to her demands.

They weighed his years of service and the Christian ideal of "forgiveness" against the age and nature of her allegations, Oucharek and his wife, Doreen, said in an interview.

The Republic found administrators allowed Oucharek to continue overseeing the school for four more years before he was hired to run the Phoenix academy.

The handling of the case highlights the absence of strict regulations over private schools in Arizona, including law enforcement background checks required of public school employees, which might have flagged Oucharek's warrant.

The superintendent of education for Adventist schools in Arizona said neither Oucharek nor any other church officials reported the allegations and could not say why background checks missed the warrant. He promised an internal review and potential hiring reforms, including more rigorous background checks.

The Ouchareks, who are U.S. citizens, said they were unaware the former student had filed a complaint with police and did not know about the arrest warrant. They maintained no other student has made similar allegations. Anthony Oucharek has no criminal record in the United States and has never been accused of any other wrongdoing, they said.

The couple talked for 40 minutes via phone from their Phoenix home. Anthony Oucharek answered questions in a quiet voice, limiting most of his answers to simple confirmations and brief explanations, while Doreen Oucharek did most of the talking.

The 63-year-old principal did not deny having sex with his former student. Nor did he confirm it.

 

His wife said she did not want to answer questions about it. In a follow-up call on Feb. 11, she said: "These are just allegations. There's no truth to them."

The Ouchareks instead questioned why it took decades for the allegations to surface. Doreen Oucharek said her husband's accuser never claimed he did anything to her at school or while she was his student — only afterward.

"There wasn't much difference in age," she said.

The Winnipeg Police Service had a different take on the age gap, which a spokesman said was outside legal protections offered by so-called Romeo and Juliet laws.

"They weren't that close in age," Constable Stephen Spencer said.

The complaint alleges the assaults occurred from 1988-1990, when Oucharek was in his mid-20s and the student was in her early teens, Spencer said. Oucharek faces two counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual exploitation, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

Winnipeg police did not identify the former student, and the Ouchareks did not name her. The Republic generally does not name people who report being victims of sexual assault.

Spencer said the former student came forward to police in 2019, and under Canada's historical sexual assault statutes the charges remain "indictable offenses" even after 38 years. The age of consent in Canada at the time the alleged offenses occurred was 14 years old.

Oucharek needs to return to Canada to answer the charges, Spencer said. But he declined to say if the department was prepared to extradite the principal, citing the ongoing investigation.

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Arizona superintendent of church schools promises internal review

Glenview Academy is now off limits to Oucharek.

Parents whose children attend the Adventist school on North 43rd Avenue were notified their principal was no longer allowed on school grounds and prohibited from contact with any students.

The notice to parents went out days after The Republic contacted the Arizona Conference of Seventh-day Adventists about Oucharek's arrest warrant and the sexual assault allegations.

"While the alleged actions took place outside the United States more than 35 years ago, Conference officials immediately placed him on administrative leave pending additional potential actions by legal authorities," Jeff Rogers, superintendent of education, told parents in a statement.

Rogers, in emails to The Republic, said the Arizona conference first learned of Oucharek's arrest warrant when Canadian authorities contacted the school in January. Rogers said his office is conducting an internal review to determine how the criminal filings against Oucharek were missed when he was hired in 2023.

His office also will propose a new policy requiring staff to obtain fingerprint ID cards through the Department of Public Safety, Rogers said

"I do not have an explanation for why the background check did not flag the arrest warrant," he said. "Two full background checks were conducted. The first was in September 2022, when an application for the job was made. The second was in January 2025."

The Arizona conference conducts background checks through Sterling Volunteers system, a private online firm that offers self-service screening for up to $39 a search.

The company checks Social Security numbers, criminal histories, sex offender and terrorist watch list databases and other routine name screenings, according to its website. For additional fees, it offers motor vehicle report and other reference checks.

"The Sterling Volunteers mission is, at its core, to help nonprofits and service organizations better fulfill their missions by reducing the time and costs associated with volunteer screening," the website states. It lists three key search criteria; name, birthday and Social Security number.

That is less rigorous than requiring employees to obtain a Department of Public Safety fingerprint clearance card, which promises a full criminal background check against state and federal criminal databases to clear people working with vulnerable populations. It is mandatory for teachers in public schools but not private ones.

The Department of Public Safety did not respond to questions about the likelihood of flagging a foreign warrant.

Doreen Oucharek disputed enhanced screening would have unearthed Canadian legal filings, which she repeated were only allegations. She and her husband were naturalized in the United States after 2019, and the government's extensive background check would have uncovered any alleged crimes, she said in the Feb. 11 call.

The United States is broken up geographically into nine Seventh-day Adventist Conferences. Rogers said each operates independently as its own legal entity under the church. North Dakota officials said nothing about accusations leveled at Oucharek while he taught there, Rogers said.

"Mr. Oucharek did not self-report the allegations at any time," he said, adding the employment applications ask candidates if they've ever been arrested or convicted. "No one from any other Conference reported any allegations at any time."

Church officials at the Dakota Adventist Academy in Bismarck could not be reached for comment about Oucharek or the allegations. The school closed in 2025 because of declining enrollment.

Rogers, in his statement to parents, said the school has named an interim principal to take over for Oucharek and would "continue to work closely with law enforcement" as the case continues.

"We ask for your prayers during this difficult time," Rogers said.

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Worthington, Ohio Volunteer Youth Pastor & Religion Teacher Sentenced for Massive Child Porn Collection

The United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Ohio has released the final report of a several-year investigation into a volunteer religion teacher and youth minister in the Worthington, Ohio, Seventh-day Adventist Church and the church’s school, Worthington Adventist Academy. Andrew Brown, 51, of Columbus, possessed a total of 15 terabytes of child sexual abuse material across multiple devices. Brown had been given “a position of trust with children as a religion teacher and youth minister,” said U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II. Andrew Brown was the husband of the current Worthington Adventist Academy principal, Mrs. Delthonette Gordon-Brown.

https://atoday.org/worthington-ohio-church-had-prolific-child-porn-volunteer/