Friday, January 18, 2013

Ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Indicted on 21 Corruption Charges

former new orleans mayor ray nagin, indicted on corruption charges


Breaking News: The Associated Press is reporting that Ray Nagin, former New Orleans mayor, has been indicted on 21 corruption charges including wire fraud, bribery and money laundering. He was the city's mayor during Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged much of the Gulf coast of La., Miss. and Ala.

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Breaking News: Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Indicted on 21 Corruption Charges | AT2W

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Tainted Teacher's Report: HS and Middle School Teachers Arrested and a Child Sex Sting

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Private School Teacher Arrested and Accused of Sexual Child Abuse

A Baltimore private school teacher was arrested last week after an investigation by the Baltimore County Police Department's Crimes Against Children Unit, police said Monday.

Foye C. Minton Jr., 33, of Cockeysville, was charged with child abuse, police said, and is being held a... Read more HERE

Fifty men were arrested during a week-long child sex sting in Florida.

Teachers Arrested Along with 50 Suspects in Child Sex Sting

Many were arrested in this child sex sting says authorities. There was a middle school teacher, a tourist visiting from Turkey, college students, a businessman from North Carolina. All of them and more were arrested in a week-long law enforcement operation that targeted men seeking sex with children.

About 16 Florida law enforcement agencies came together to create the ruse that the suspects were chatting online with children or parents offering up their kids for sex.

Among the 50 men, there were these that were caught up in the sting:
  • a Florida high school English teacher who arrived at the decoy home with condoms in his pocket planning to have sex with a 14-year-old girl
  • a middle school science teacher arrived, planning to have sex with a 14-year-old boy
  • an elementary school interpreter for deaf children, investigators said, who had posted an online advertisement for a 13-year-old boy.
  • a school janitor
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Stephanie Forbes

Texas Teacher Arrested for Relationship with Student

A Texas teacher resigned last month after her ongoing affair with a student came to the attention of authorities. She has now been arrested after authorities say they have the evidence to prosecute the 40-year-old teacher.

Investigators say Stephanie Forbes is accused of having a relationship with a “child 16 years old or younger” who is a student at the high school where she taught at Clear Creek High School.

The high school started an investigation on the teacher after receiving a tip that she was having an affair with a student.

Read more HERE

Monday, January 14, 2013

UT Coach Beverly Kearney Admits to Ousted Relationship with Student After Approval of Contract Renewal

University of Texas women’s track coach Bev Kearney resigns due to gay relationship with student

Texas Track Coach Beverly Kearney Admits to Same Sex Relationship with Student, Resigns

Yahoo! Sports News reports:

University of Texas women’s track coach Bev Kearney resigned last week and acknowledged in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman that she had an intimate relationship with a female athlete in her program in 2002. Kearney, who won six national championships since 1993, was placed on paid leave in November as university officials investigated unspecified issues within the program.

In a statement released Saturday night, university officials said the relationship was first reported to the school in October and the school was taking measures to fire Kearney before she resigned.

It was reported that the former student involved, now 30, is not being identified but recently reported the relationship to the university. This happened soon after Kearney was approved of a new 5 year contract with a $150,000 raise attached. Some theories are stating someone did not want the coach to receive the new contract.

UT coach Bev Kearney, resigns, admits sex relationship with former student

The statement from UT at Austin was released about Coach Kearney's now public matter and resignation:
"Coach Bev Kearney informed The University of Texas at Austin today that she is resigning her position as head coach of the Women’s Track and Field program effective immediately. Coach Kearney also had advised the Austin American-Statesman of her decision."
"Coach Kearney told the Austin American-Statesman that she had had an intimate consensual relationship beginning in 2002 with an adult, then a student-athlete in her program, and that the University had begun to review this relationship when it was reported by the former student-athlete in late October, 2012. ...
"Based upon the review, the University does not believe that Coach Kearney had any similar relationships with student-athletes either before or after the reported relationship, which began about 10 1/2 years ago and ended at least about eight years ago.  Coach Kearney is a good person and has been very important to the University. However, she made this terrible mistake and used unacceptably poor judgment in having this relationship.  
"The University determined that it no longer was appropriate for Coach Kearney to serve as head coach or to work directly with our student-athletes and was prepared to begin the termination process. This was discussed with Coach Kearney recently. The University told Coach Kearney that we cannot condone such an intimate relationship, including one that is consensual, between a head coach and a student-athlete. We told Coach Kearney such a relationship is unprofessional and crosses the line of trust placed in the head coach for all aspects of the athletic program and the best interests of the student-athletes on the team."
University of Texas women’s track coach Bev Kearney resigns due to gay relationship with student

Kearney admitted in an interview:
“You destroy yourself. You start questioning how could you make such a judgment,” she said. “How could you make such an error after all the years? You can get consumed (by it) … I didn’t commit a crime, but I displayed poor judgment.”
The L.A. Times says Kearney gained nationwide fame after she was partially paralyzed in a car accident that killed two of her friends in 2002. Thrown more than 50 feet from the vehicle, she suffered extensive spinal injuries but learned to walk again.

Kearney is the first African American coach to win an NCAA national team championship in Division I track and field, and she was the first African American to serve as a head coach at Texas.

Tainted Teachers Report's Take: The coach admits her act of poor judgement and never denied it which is good. There seems to be something behind why this resurfaced after 10 years of not being in a relationship with the former student athlete. It all recalls the news about Sesame Street's Elmo puppeteer, Kevin Clash. After so many years of being involved with some alleged young men, it came out in the public. The question is why? Where these two prominent figures in their field still having secret relations with the former lovers? Were they being blackmailed for some reason at this time? Maybe it was just time to uncover what was hidden in the dark. Either way, these things tend to eventually get exposed because that is what always happens. It can't be covered forever.

We are in a time and era where people are uncovering abuse or improper relationships because they can not go on hiding it, for whatever personal reasons they choose. We just pray that people start using better judgement when dealing with their professional positions and really think about the consequences, first.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Boy Scout Ryan Andresen Get Eagle Rank Badge Approved Though He is Openly Gay


BoyScouts wants a badge for openly gay boys…


Boy Scout Ryan Andresen Get Eagle Rank Badge Approved Though He is Openly Gay

A Boy Scout troop in California is challenging the national headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America to award an avowed gay scout with Eagle rank despite the organization’s policies prohibiting membership of openly homosexual scouts.

Bonnie Hazarabedian, chairman of the Boy Scout district review board for the northern California town in the Moraga area (near Oakland), says she approved 18-year-old Ryan Andresen’s Eagle rank application and sent it on to headquarters to defy leadership on its stance.

As previously reported, in July of last year, Andresen notified his Boy Scout troop that he was a homosexual, and requested assistance as he was being teased at school. According to the Boy Scouts, Andresen also advised the group that he does not accord with the organization’s Christian faith, although he believes in a “higher power.”
“This scout proactively notified his unit leadership and Eagle Scout counselor that he does not agree to scouting’s principle of ‘duty to God’ and does not meet scouting’s membership standard on sexual orientation,” said Deron Smith, spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America, in a written statement. “Agreeing to do one’s ‘duty to God’ is a part of the scout oath and law and a requirement of achieving the Eagle Scout rank.”
The Boy Scouts of America says that it does not prohibit those that struggle with same-sex attraction from becoming members, but rather only bars open homosexuals from the group. Its current policy reads, “While the BSA does not proactively inquire about the sexual orientation of employees, volunteers, or members, we do not grant membership to individuals who are open or avowed homosexuals or who engage in behavior that would become a distraction to the mission of the BSA.”

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, who serves on the executive board of the organization, has vowed to overturn the ban on open homosexuality in the Boy Scouts. He is poised to become president in 2014.

Tainted Teachers Report's Take: Can't we say that this was inevitable? While the Boy Scouts of America has been ousted on their hidden agenda to sexually abusing many of their scouts, their own hypocritical policy is being challenged! It is clear that their policy was only a shield to hide behind while they did the very opposite behind closed doors. Of course, young men of the organization would fight to be open after knowing of all of the abuse around them. Also, how can the BSA essentially say they will ban you if you are open about your sexuality but if kept secret, it's o.k.? Wow, a 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy in the Boy Scouts of America!
Lord help us all.

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