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SPRINGFIELD — To close what some sexual abuse survivors and advocates see as a legal loophole, Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would criminalize sexual relations between school authority
Allegations of sexual abuse or assault against Chicago Public Schools employees are up 12% compared to this time last year, attorneys said.
The parents of three Chicago Public Schools students have accused former Federico Garcia Lorca Elementary School gym teacher Andrew Castro, 37, of sexually assaulting three boys from the same family over four years until early 2022. “He billed himself as a friend of the family,” attorney Cass Casper said at a news conference Tuesday, regarding a civil rights suit the parents filed in federal ...
Accused of grooming and raping a Chicago Public Schools student, a senior security officer at Farragut Career Academy High School was arrested and charged with criminal sexual assault this week. During the 2022-23 school year, the security guard, Romel Campoverde, 43, allegedly began Snapchatting with the 15-year-old student and meeting her outside of school, buying the student alcohol and ...
Deputy Inspector General Amber Nesbitt said her office has seen a rise in the number of district schools, charter schools and vendors that have launched investigations into sexual misconduct allegations without contacting the inspector general or CPS.