KANSAS CITY (MO)
KCTV
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) –
A 53-year-old Catholic school teacher is in police custody after he allegedly groped a student’s breast on multiple occasions.
In a letter to families, St. Thomas More Elementary Principal Brian Borgmeyer said that a second person at the school is on leave after a separate incident. No charges have been filed.
However, charges were filed by the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office on Friday after an 11-year-old student said she had been groped. Tod. A. Barnard, 53, of Independence was charged after being questioned by police.
Barnard is charged with two counts of second-degree child molestation and two counts of third-degree assault. These are misdemeanors.
The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph said Barnard was not paid by the diocese, but paid by the man who is on paid leave because of the second incident. Barnard was assistant band teacher at St. Thomas More where he taught percussion.
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