PHOENIX (AZ)
The Arizona Republic
by Cecilia Chan and Eugene Scott – Sept. 9, 2012
The Republic | azcentral.com
Phoenix police on Saturday arrested a former Brophy College Preparatory teacher on suspicion of sexually abusing several past students.
The arrest came nine months after Daniel Whitehead, 71, was fired from the private Catholic school after two former Brophy students, now adults, accused him of inappropriate sexual advances. Whitehead had been a lay faculty member since 1967.
Whitehead most recently taught math, said Sgt. Tommy Thompson, a Phoenix police spokesman.
Whitehead faces charges of sexual assault, attempted sexual abuse, furnishing harmful items to a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to police.
Brophy Principal Bob Ryan released a statement on Saturday that said the school will continue to cooperate with the police and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office in the investigation. …
The 17-acre Jesuit campus on Central Avenue has roughly 1,290 students and 85 teachers, according to the school website. The annual tuition for the current school year is $13,200.
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