DES MOINES (IA)
Des Moines Register
November 2, 2018
By Tyler J Davis
Reuben and Tania Ortiz were remorseful and wondering: Did we really invite a sexual predator to sleep under the same roof as our children?
Reuben said he had to patrol his own house, installing locks on bedroom doors and sleeping in his living room to keep watch on his 13-, 15- and 17-year-olds. Now, he worries that his efforts weren’t enough to protect his kids from admitted pedophile the Rev. Jerome Coyle.
“We knew (Coyle) for 13 years and he really spent a lot of time with us … in fact, people would even say ‘Hey, where’s Jerry?’ because he would go places with us,” Reuben said from his New Mexico home Wednesday. “He had already spent time, even by himself, with our (kids), at times; I don’t know what he did.”
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