bobandcarole wrote:
> Day Care Staff Reacts to Child Molester Charges
> Story posted on 2006-08-10 18:56:00
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> A former day care worker who admitted to molesting a young girl in his
> care, now stands accused of molesting five more.
>
> WFMZ's Joel D. Smith met with parents and staff at the school today.
>
> He joins us now live from our Berks studios with the latest.
> Joel?
>
> Rob, It was this past June when according to court documents, Samuel
> Ervin confessed to molesting a three- year-old girl at Trinity Learning
> Center.
> He's now pleading not guilty to those sexual assault charges, but now
> he's accused of molesting 5 other girls, between the ages of 3 and 10
> years old.
> Unfortunately, those who deal with child predators say multiple victims
> is not a surprise.
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> 2:33 Chief Moyer
> We would have been happy if it was one incident, but like you said,
> during the investigation, we kept finding more stuff and kept digging,
> hopefully we're done.
> Pastor Derby 5:28
> And when I found out there were 5 additional children I was angry and
> disgusted and I really hurt for those families, and for our staff.
> Our staff has really struggled through this, they have been hurt
> greatly.
> Reporter
> Sam Ervin used to be a member of that staff at Trinity Learning Center
> .
> Now even though he's gone, Ervin is still the reason some parents are
> thinking twice about keeping their children in the day care program.
> 1:25 Lynette Fowler
> That still makes me wonder, if there's 5 more that makes me think about
> other people that work here too.
> Because people have to know what was going on.
> Reporter
> The school has been investigated by the state, and made a number of
> security changes since Ervin's arrest.
> But the leaders realize convincing parents to stay will be a challenge.
>
> Roughly a half dozen parents have pulled students from the school since
> June.
> 1:42 Fowler
> I don't know, I don't know.
> Ever since the thing's been going on I've been looking at other places,
> so I have to keep my options open.
> 8:12 Pastor
> As one parent stated, we're probably the safest place right now because
> of the extra measures and we're going overboard to make sure the
> children are safe.
> I still feel for the parents who are wondering what they should do.
>
> Ervin had passed a background check before he was hired.
> And even though the school says it's done everything the state has
> mandated before and after the event, the school's day care license
> could still be revoked.
> A hearing on that matter is scheduled for late September.
> Rob.
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