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Latino Abuse Victims and Families are Discouraged from Reporting & Prosecuting Newport Beach, CA – Former California State Senator and attorney Martha Escutia today called for a wider investigation into emerging reports of potentially widespread child abuse occurring at a Los Angeles elementary school, as well as better laws to encourage child sexual abuse…

A recent lawsuit forced the Los Angeles City Fire Department to settle a significant claim after several of its members were accused of sexual and religious harassment. Anthony Almeida’s harassment claim against the fire department was determined by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to be founded on multiple grounds. Therefore, the two…

School districts can be held liable for administrators who learn that an employee may be prone to molesting children but fail to take action to protect students, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The unanimous ruling came in a 2007 case of molestation of a 15-year-old boy by the head guidance counselor at a…

The onslaught of sexual deviants that have preyed on the youth of our nation continues to metastasize itself throughout the community. Contributing to this already disturbing epidemic are the actions of one, Mark Brendt. Brendt, a former school teacher in South L.A., was taken into custody on Monday and charged with the lewd and…

Friday witnessed the arrest of Martin B. springer, for his alleged involvement in the sexual assault of two female students. The current allegations leveled against Springer serve as a painful reminder of similar events that unfolded last week regarding the actions of a fellow faculty member. Mark Berndt, a former teacher at the same…

Recent sexual transgressions committed by teachers at Miramonte Elementary School served as a tragic reminder to the influx of sexual abuse cases plaguing our nation’s youth. The lewd and salacious acts committed by Martin Springer and Mark Berndt resemble those of the Penn State tragedy that transpired just months ago. Each situation personified the…

The wake of the recent sexual transgressions allegedly committed by two teachers at a Los Angeles elementary school has caused a rift between upset parents and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Following the arrests of Mark Berndt and Martin Springer, who are each suspected of molesting students in class, parents of the children…

Following the arrest of Mark Berndt, a former elementary school teacher accused of 23 individual counts of sexual harassment, Miramonte Elementary School has become the subject of more criticism. Just four days after Berndt was detained by law enforcement officials, police arrested Martin Springer on similar charges. Springer, a teacher himself at Miramonte Elementary…