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Church's School Aide Suspended in Sex Abuse Investigation, Report Says

By Greg Adomaitis
NJ.com
February 17, 2017

http://www.nj.com/burlington/index.ssf/2017/02/churchs_school_aide_suspended_in_sex_abuse_investi.html

A teacher's aide with the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church has been suspended over sexual abuse allegations as a criminal investigation continues, according to news reports.

FOX29 reports that the unnamed male aide, who worked at the reJOYce Christian School, was suspended without pay in December 2016 after four children made claims of inappropriate touching.

Brian Kent, a Philadelphia-based attorney who is representing the children between the ages of 5 and 6, was not immediately available for comment Thursday afternoon.

The New Jersey State Police confirmed the investigation to FOX29, which adds that the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office was assisting. The report adds that the aide had been the target of a similar internal probe in 2014, but no action was taken at that time.

According to the church's website, the congregation was founded in 1867. The school where the aide worked is an "educational and outreach ministry," according to its Facebook page, where students are "treated with the care, respect, and gentle guidance every child deserves."

 

 

 

 

 




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