Posted on 02/24/2011 4:30:15 PM PST by Titus-Maximus
On Saturday (2/19/11), the Los Angeles Times published an article, "Ex-high school principal gets 8 years for molesting four girls." The case involved Jonas Vital Silverio, who had pleaded no contest to 10 counts of lewd acts on a child 14 or 15 years old.
At first blush, the story seems to be just another stomach-turning account of child abuse in our nation's public schools. But buried in the middle of the article was a troubling detail:
[Los Angeles County] Prosecutor Stephanie Chavez said Silverio had a history of sexual misconduct.
In 1995, Silverio was placed on probation for a misdemeanor conviction of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.
In other words, Silverio was serving as the boss at Firebaugh High School in Lynwood, California, even though he had a criminal record for having sex with an underage girl.
One cannot help but wonder: How on earth does a person with such a conviction on his record rise to such a lofty position in a school?
Kudos to the Times for at least including this important fact in its article. (Other local outlets didn't note it at all.) But, again, this shocking detail only merited a passing mention in the middle of the Times' story.
The lack of investigative reporting of this troubling school case only reinforces the clear and pervasive double standard in the media when reporting cases or allegations of child abuse. While the media has aggressively investigated and trumpeted decades-old cases involving Catholic priests from just about anywhere in the world, it has not been nearly as eager to report the massive abuse and cover-ups happening today in our nation's public schools.
Surely if the Silverio case involved the Catholic Church, loads of media outlets would...
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Lofty Position? How does he even get a job in a school period?
The Liberal Media...Communists...The Soros Crew...The Democratic Party...Radical Islam....Marxist Academia...The Global Warming/Climate Changers...Militant Gays...Militant Feminists...Illegal Aliens/Cartels...
What you need to realize is that they ALL hate Conservative Americans, especially Anglo, heterosexual Christians.
They are the enemy, dumba$$ run-of-the-mill citizens are clueless to the people that want them DEAD.
Two words: Political Correctness and Teachers Unions.
“Ex-high school principal gets 8 years for molesting four girls.”
And then does he get deported?
When is the last time California deported an undocumented pedophile ?
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