Ex-SWHS coach charged with sexual abuse

KENTUCKY
Commonwealth Journal

BY JEFF NEAL
COMMONWEALTH JOURNAL

Former Southwestern High School football coach Dale Anderson was arrested Friday night in Louisville on charges that he sexually abused a young boy over two decades ago.

Anderson, 55, was taken into custody outside a Louisville restaurant, according to a Louisville Metro Police citation, and charged with sodomy, attempted sodomy and sexual abuse.

According to the citation, the alleged victim — now an adult — claimed Anderson sexually abused him beginning when he was 11 years old. The abuse continued until he was approximately 14, according to the citation.

“The (alleged) victim disclosed oral sex, forceful attempted anal sodomy and sexual touching,” according to the citation.

The alleged victim told Louisville Metro Police the abuse occurred when Anderson was a teacher and coach at St. Raphael Catholic School in Louisville. Anderson left the Louisville area to take the Southwestern job in 1993.

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