Friday, January 11, 2013
Gov. Deval Patrick signed legislation that would require teachers, workers at child care centers and school bus drivers to submit fingerprints for criminal background checks.
UPDATED FRIDAY, JAN. 11 at 11:55 A.M. Should school and child care employees fingerprinted before starting employment in order to check their criminal backgrounds? The Associated Press recently reported Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is considering signing legislation that would require teachers, workers at child care centers and school bus drivers to submit fingerprints for criminal background checks. On Friday, the state education office announced in a press release that Patrick signed the bill on Thursday, authorizing the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) and school districts to conduct fingerprint-supported national criminal history background checks on all teachers, school employees and early education providers in …
Friday, October 19, 2012
Records released Thursday show two Somerville men were listed in the Boy Scouts' confidential "perversion files," which barred them from volunteering with the Scouts.
Two Somerville men were, in the late 1960s, listed by the Boy Scouts of America in a confidential file, dubbed the "perversion files," for being connected to allegations of sexual abuse and homosexuality. The files were released Thursday by order of the Oregon Supreme Court. They were used as evidence in a 2010 lawsuit against the Scouts in a molestation case that resulted in a jury awarding $20 million to a man molested by an assistant scoutmaster in the 1980s. The files include the names of more than 1,200 people from across the country, including 45 from Massachusetts, whom the Boy Scouts suspected might be child abusers. Because many of the men listed in the "perversion files" have not been charged or convicted of crimes, some media …
Monday, September 10, 2012
The priest also worked at Old North Church in Boston. The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts has assigned pastoral response teams to help parishioners deal with the news of the allegations, according to a church official.
A "pastoral response team" met with parishioners at Saint James Episcopal Church in Somerville Sunday to help the congregation confront news that one of the church's former priests was arrested and accused of sexually assaulting a child there in the 1990s and 2000s, according to Tracy Sukraw, communications director for the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. Paul A. LaCharite, 65, of Boston, was arrested Friday and arraigned Monday in Somerville District Court on charges of assault to rape a child and indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14, according to the Middlesex District Attorney's office. In court Monday, LaCharite pleaded not guilty and his attorney said the priest "vehemently denies" the allegations against …
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Frugal Fannie
4:50 am on Wednesday, April 10, 2013
These people have contact with our most precious people. Of Course they should be background checked! more ›