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Oregon school principal charged with felonies amid allegations she covered up child sex abuse scandal
The Post Millennial ^ | 11/27/24 | Katie Daviscourt

Posted on 11/28/2024 7:07:32 PM PST by CFW

The principal at St.Helens school in Oregon has surrendered to the Columbia-County Sheriff's Office on felony criminal charges amid a damning child sex abuse scandal. Dr. Kathryn Wagner, 45, was booked into Columbia County Jail on Nov. 27, records show. Authorities told local media that Wagner turned herself into law enforcement Wednesday morning.

Wagner, the principal of St. Helens High School, was indicted Tuesday by a Columbia-County grand jury on two counts of felony first-degree criminal mistreatment, two counts of first-degree official misconduct, and two counts of second-degree official misconduct, court documents show. She has been accused of failing to disclose child sex abuse allegations and intentionally withholding essential and adequate physical care from the minor student victims, detectives with the St. Helens Police Department said following a lengthy investigation. The school district placed Wagner on administrative leave on Nov. 15, along with district superintendent Scott Stickwell. The principal's arrest follows a two-month probe into a history of minor sex abuse complaints at St. Helens HighSchool. Under Oregon's mandatory reporter law, public officials and civil servants are required to report minor sex abuse allegations to law enforcement, which Wagner reportedly refused to do.

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The district was subpoenaed by Acting Police Chief Joseph Hogue of the St. Helens Police Department for records related to Collins and Stearns. The records indicated that the district failed to disclose numerous reports of inappropriately touching students over the years. Students have condemned the school board for maintaining silence regarding allegations of maltreatment for an extended period of time.

Additional information regarding Kathryn Wagner is being sought by investigators. Mandatory reports that may not have been finalized are of particular concern, authorities said. Anyone who may have further information on the matter is urged to contact St. Helens Detectives Smith and Edwards by calling 503.397.1521.

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Get your children out of government schools. Make whatever sacrifice necessary to do so. Parents are putting their children at great risk but turning them over to these degenerates each day.
1 posted on 11/28/2024 7:07:32 PM PST by CFW
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2 posted on 11/28/2024 7:13:14 PM PST by simpson96
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She belongs in leg irons.

And the school district should be sued into bankruptcy. 10 to 1 the superintendent knew about it and either assisted or looked the other way, which is in itself assistance.


3 posted on 11/28/2024 7:39:53 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there")
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i wonder what St.Helen would think of her actions...


4 posted on 11/28/2024 7:52:25 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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5 posted on 11/28/2024 7:58:08 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” uitAmen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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6 posted on 11/28/2024 8:02:23 PM PST by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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7 posted on 11/28/2024 8:06:25 PM PST by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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You can bet the Teachers Union will support the abusers.


8 posted on 11/28/2024 9:28:46 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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She appears to have e the same doctorate as Dr Jill Biden, so I can’t believe she’s actually a criminal POS


9 posted on 11/28/2024 10:11:46 PM PST by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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More info.:

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/11/st-helens-high-principal-arraigned-on-indictment-barred-from-any-educational-work-as-she-awaits-trial.html


10 posted on 11/28/2024 10:27:50 PM PST by Drago
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Looks like the students were a sexual smorgasbord for school admin, teachers and coaches.


11 posted on 11/28/2024 11:34:45 PM PST by antceecee ( )
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lol......nice catch.

....wonder what drjill knew about her own school..../s.......


12 posted on 11/29/2024 12:59:27 AM PST by Liz (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to RULE. (H.L, Mencken))
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My grandmother’s name was Catherine Wagner (not Cathryn though). She died in 1930.


13 posted on 11/29/2024 3:41:13 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Hail to Pitt!)
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Liberal school systems.. kind of like pedophiles in churches. It’s expected and epidemic.


14 posted on 11/29/2024 3:42:36 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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As the older teachers retired, I watched as the pedo's infiltrated (couldn't prove it but knew).

Then I retired.

15 posted on 11/29/2024 5:07:22 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (Minnesota apologizes for WALZ! We are politically challenged.)
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They have been covering up these crimes at LA Unified in Los Angeles for Many years and nobody has ever been charged for their roles in the raping of children, they just get transferred.


16 posted on 11/29/2024 5:18:43 AM PST by eyeamok
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I’d bet she is defiant and believes she did nothing wrong.


17 posted on 11/29/2024 6:03:16 AM PST by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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What a great “educator”. Hopefully, she will receive Justice for her crimes. Is she also a sexual predator?


18 posted on 11/29/2024 6:27:07 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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Looks like a ditz


19 posted on 11/29/2024 10:40:37 AM PST by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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Principal hit with criminal charges for letting two ‘pedophile’ teachers prey on teen students in Oregon: cops

https://nypost.com/2024/11/27/us-news/principal-charged-with-letting-teachers-prey-on-teen-girls-cops/?dicbo=v2-ieMx2vm


20 posted on 11/30/2024 3:42:38 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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