bobandcarole~ wrote:
> bobandcarole wrote:
> > Day Care Staff Reacts to Child Molester Charges
> > Story posted on 2006-08-10 18:56:00
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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