An Ivy League business school professor is in federal custody for allegedly having videos of himself engaging in sexual acts with children, ABC News has learned.Posted on 08/28/2006 6:57:09 PM PDT by Stoat
August 28, 2006 6:10 PM
An Ivy League business school professor is in federal custody for allegedly having videos of himself engaging in sexual acts with children, ABC News has learned.
Lawrence Scott Ward, 63, Professor Emeritus of Marketing at University of Pennsylvania's renowned Wharton School of Business, was caught with child pornography in his luggage and on his laptop computer after arriving at Dulles International Airport on a flight from Brazil, according to court documents.
An affidavit in support of a criminal complaint filed today in federal court in Alexandria says Ward's luggage was flagged for a more thorough inspection for possible child pornography after a customs officer noticed Ward's "excessive" trips to Thailand. Federal agents recovered at least three DVDs, in which Ward appears to be "engaging in sexual contact" with children, the affidavit reads. A video of children as young as eight engaged in sexual activity was also allegedly found on Ward's laptop computer.
Ward's resume says he has been a visiting professor at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Federal officials believe Thailand to be a well-known destination for so-called "sex tourists" who travel there to exploit minors. Wharton's website also lists pro bono consulting work in Brazil as one of Ward's current projects.
According to published reports, in 1999 Ward was fined $2,500 and sentenced to five years probation on charges of attempting to promote prostitution and corrupt minors. In that case, he entered a plea which allowed him to acknowledge that there was sufficient evidence to convict him, without admitting guilt for those charges.
Ward's resume lists several government consulting assignments including work with the Executive Office of the President, the FCC, Department of Commerce and the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention. Many of his published works deal with the effects of television advertising and marketing on children and adolescents. According to his biography, Ward has been a marketing consultant to many top companies and lists IBM, Microsoft, General Motors, Home Depot, Exxon, Citibank and Johnson & Johnson among his clients. During the 1980s, he hosted a television program, "The Wharton Business Report" on the now defunct Financial News Network. Ward's biography also states that he was chairman of a foundation that served disadvantaged children with learning disabilities.
The University of Pennsylvania issued the following statement today, relating to Ward's arrest, "We have just learned of the arrest of Scott Ward in Virginia. At the present time, we have very few details. We are currently gathering information about the situation and will take appropriate action as soon as we know more."
I didn't post it in full because I wasn't sure about possible copyright violation. But, hey, go for it!
Can't wait until the pedophiles start complaining they're being profiled.
Actually I spent many years working with many such individuals.
Very well stated, and I believe that the 'educational' system as it stands will remain the status quo as long as so very many people have an entitlement mentality...Private schools cost money so that's out, According to the drive-by media, charter schools are the exclusive home of the extremist, right-wing, Pro-Life Bible-thumping hysterics; and vouchers "hurt teachers and schools". As long as people expect everything to come from the Government and the dominant Leftist media continues to intentionally misrepresent any alternatives, we will be subjected to this tyranny of low expectations and lower results. Coupled with these low expectations of the students will be low standards for the instructors....we will see more and more kindergarten teachers raping their students and University professors doing the same thing in Thailand and Brazil, mainly because they can afford the airfare that the K-12 teachers may not be able to.
An excellent solution, particularly if it's broadcast and it's done quickly after the conviction...this business of having lowlifes wait for 20+ years on death row while the ACLU files endless appeals and stays has got to go. Justice delayed is justice denied.
He would certainly fit right in, from what I've heard
And he remains a shining light within academia, as far as his fellow faculty enablers are concerned. I would imagine that most had no problem with his antics as they were doing the same, and those who weren't didn't want to appear politically incorrect...."it's just sex", after all....
After Ward reluctantly allowed agents to examine his laptop computer, a video was found showing two children who looked to be as young as 8 engaged in sexual activity, the affidavit from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Byron C. Braggs said.
He will claim that he was merely mentoring some 'troubled youths' and what he did was entirely culturally appropriate, given the locale, and how dare we cast judgment upon a superior culture....they are far more enlightened than we are, after all.
I would certainly applaud that, particularly if his sentence was accurately reported on back here in the USA, so that it could serve as an example and provide a deterrent effect.
Cambodia has also been slow to action, but they've finally started throwing these guys in (Cambodian) prisons and deporting them when necessary.
That's good to hear, although the Gary Glitter matter didn't give me a great deal of hope. Apparently, bribing witnesses and victims is written into Cambodian law, so he was able to escape much punishment as I recall.
Word there is that the NGOs will now start targeting the Asian pedophiles, because the message has been properly heard by Western peds.
Good to hear, and I hope that it provides a deterrent. Far too many children have had their lives needlessly destroyed by this filth.
Of course by "appropriate action" they mean "rally to his defense".
Yes, his "exemplary academic credentials" will be waved about and they will try to make the case of what terrible damage it would do to academia and the entire world to be without him....he is a shining example to all and was only doing the culturally accepted activities while out of the country...
I sincerely hope that they will take this route, because next term their enrollment numbers will be cut in half.
Yes, and I hope that other hosts do as well. I haven't had the opportunity to listen to the radio today so I don't know how well this story has been picked up, but hopefully it will gain some steam. This "University" is long overdue for a really big black eye.
..local Philly TV was a little more specific, saying that he had been involved with "young boys" - maybe ABC was trying to avoid the wrath of the gay lobby.....
I have no doubt that you're correct...usually when the drive-by media is obviously dancing around a racial or sexual issue, it's because it involves a racial or sexual minority or, as in this case, a deviant sexual criminal. Thank Goodness we have so many media choices now; with a little effort we can ultimately come up with the full story, in many cases, despite their efforts.
I agree in principle, of course, but don't you think that your suggestion is an overly kind one, considering his crimes, and may not serve to provide much deterrent effect?
I've recently become a big fan of impalement for slime like this, and another poster provided an excellent suggestion of having him drawn and quartered.
I confess that I'm still leaning toward impalement because it can sometimes take several days for the impalee to die, and it's a particularly agonizing death.
Great deterrent value.
Agreed, and this really ticks me off. Prison should be a place that everyone avoids at all costs, for all sorts of reasons.
I am all for just killing them off ASAP so they can't re offend. Hang them, stone them ,etc. Just make it hurt and make them gone forever.
Even though I am in healthcare and have dedicated my life to compassionately helping people in pain, my sentiments are opposite in cases like this....I want them to scream in the maximum possible agony for as long as possible...and then die....providing it serves as an example and a deterrent. This business of letting them cool their heels for 20+ years on death row with endless appeals absolutely infuriates me. Justice delayed is justice denied.
That would be nice, but I fear that he will be protected from the Bubbas....and so his incarceration will have little deterrent effect.
I want the legal system changed so that extreme torture is allowed by law for slime like this.
I want his torture to be implemented by the very worst clinical psychopaths and I want it to last for a long time....and I want it to be broadcast so that it will have a deterrent effect.
According to his resume, he was a professor at Chula. It is the most prestigeous university in the country. They don't just accept anyone to teach there.
The Thai University may have been completely unaware of his past crimes and his current activities while in their country. I'm sure that U-Penn took great pains to protect his privacy.
I hope that they do, because it will cause the sane and usually quiet and docile majority to absolutely come unglued. They think that they're 'oppressed' now....wait till they start complaining a bit more.
You have my sympathy and respect.
I am amazed at the seemingly endless pit of depravity. There is no heinous a crime than exploiting the trust of a young child to commit a crime like this. It is absolutely reprehensible
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