CALIFORNIA
The Orange County Register
BY FRANK SHYONG / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO A report from a committee investigating JSerra Catholic High School’s handling of sexual-misconduct claims against a teacher says the school “did all that could be reasonably expected” to vet the teacher and that the accusations against him before his arrest were insufficient cause for the school to contact authorities.
Ricardo Aldana, 39, a Spanish teacher and volleyball coach from Dana Point, was arrested Dec. 14 and later charged with seven counts of lewd acts with a 14-year-old female student.
JSerra fired Aldana the day after his arrest. He pleaded not guilty in January. He could face up to seven years in state prison if convicted.
The mother told the Register in December that she had approached the school with concerns about sexual misconduct months before she went to law enforcement about it.
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