Possibly Triggery: What Is Happening To Our Kids?

Kobi · 02-23-2012, 05:35 PM

(AP) — A female high school Spanish teacher in Los Angeles was arrested after two male students said they had sex with her, police said Thursday.

Gabriela Cortez, 42, of Montebello, was arrested late Wednesday on suspicion of two felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, said Montebello police Lt. Luis Lopez.

Cortez was arrested after an 18-year-old youth went to the police station last week and reported that he had a sexual relationship with her from 2008 to 2010 while he was a student at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, where Cortez taught Spanish, Lopez said.

During the interview with detectives, another student was mentioned. That student later told detectives that he also had sexual relations with Cortez at her home in Montebello, a suburb of Los Angeles east of downtown, Lopez said. Both youths have since graduated.

The first student came forward because his conscience was bothering him, Lopez said.

Cortez, whose arrest was first reported by KTTV-TV, was released on $140,000 bail and placed on administrative leave from her job. She could not be reached for comment. She is scheduled to appear in court on March 22.

The arrest was the seventh involving allegations of sexual misconduct between students and Los Angeles Unified School District teachers and school employees in the past month.

The uptick in arrests comes in the wake of a particularly egregious case of alleged sexual abuse of students at a South Los Angeles elementary school that roiled the district last month. The arrest of former third-grade teacher Mark Berndt, 61, who was charged with 23 counts of lewdness for allegedly feeding children his semen on cookies, blindfolding and gagging them as he took pictures, spurred a flood of reports of other cases to law enforcement.

One resulted in the arrest of a second teacher at the same school on a charge of fondling a second-grader.

The scandal has since expanded with the discovery this week that the district failed to report Berndt and another former teacher, George Hernandez, charged with molesting children to the California Teacher Credentialing Commission.

District Superintendent John Deasy has ordered officials to comb through the past four years of cases of teachers charged with misconduct to ensure they have all been reported to the commission.

In the Hernandez case, he was later hired by the Inglewood Unified School District after the commission showed he had a clean disciplinary record. He is now charged with sexually assaulting a student there and is believed to have fled to Mexico.

http://news.yahoo.com/la-teacher-arr...175715197.html

girl_dee · 02-23-2012, 06:02 PM

This is why i refuse to watch the news, including the God awful CNN.... of course i stay in touch but i also believe there is a lot of good in the world which of course never makes the news.

I think when there is a lot less going on in the world these stories make the news, i don't think it ever stops happening.

makes me ill !

The_Lady_Snow · 02-23-2012, 06:08 PM

I firmly believe pedophiles have made lower income, Latino populated, single parent/working parent household and social networks the sick pedophile playground that we are starting to hear of now.

It's chilling and it upsets me to the core how many children of color are being hurt by these monsters...

girl_dee · 02-23-2012, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

I firmly believe pedophiles have made lower income, Latino populated, single parent/working parent household and social networks the sick pedophile playground that we are starting to hear of now.

It's chilling and it upsets me to the core how many children of color are being hurt by these monsters...

yup and i KNOW for a fact this is true about the single parent homes and kids with low self esteem...they think with no dad around to kick their sorry ass it will be easier for them if and when they get caught.

aishah · 02-23-2012, 07:42 PM

that and poor people and people of color can't exactly reach out to the police or other institutions for help as readily. so we're easy targets. same reason there's such a high rate of child abuse towards indigenous kids and kids with disabilities.

i think part of why it seems this might be occuring more often is just that it's becoming more visible - which i believe is a really good thing (and i work on some initiatives to make bullying and other forms of violence more visible in my work with youth). in order for anything to happen, people have to first be aware that there is even a problem and it's one so big that it can't be ignored anymore.

http://www.generationfive.org/ is an amazing org that's working to end child sexual abuse. they're definitely worth checking out.

apretty · 02-23-2012, 07:49 PM

It would have been nice for you to post a warning on this thread.

Kobi · 02-23-2012, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apretty

It would have been nice for you to post a warning on this thread.

A warning? In regards to what? I'm missing something here.

02-23-2012, 05:35 PM	#1
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,617 Times in 7,640 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	Another LA teacher arrested for alleged sex with students (AP) — A female high school Spanish teacher in Los Angeles was arrested after two male students said they had sex with her, police said Thursday. Gabriela Cortez, 42, of Montebello, was arrested late Wednesday on suspicion of two felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, said Montebello police Lt. Luis Lopez. Cortez was arrested after an 18-year-old youth went to the police station last week and reported that he had a sexual relationship with her from 2008 to 2010 while he was a student at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, where Cortez taught Spanish, Lopez said. During the interview with detectives, another student was mentioned. That student later told detectives that he also had sexual relations with Cortez at her home in Montebello, a suburb of Los Angeles east of downtown, Lopez said. Both youths have since graduated. The first student came forward because his conscience was bothering him, Lopez said. Cortez, whose arrest was first reported by KTTV-TV, was released on $140,000 bail and placed on administrative leave from her job. She could not be reached for comment. She is scheduled to appear in court on March 22. The arrest was the seventh involving allegations of sexual misconduct between students and Los Angeles Unified School District teachers and school employees in the past month. The uptick in arrests comes in the wake of a particularly egregious case of alleged sexual abuse of students at a South Los Angeles elementary school that roiled the district last month. The arrest of former third-grade teacher Mark Berndt, 61, who was charged with 23 counts of lewdness for allegedly feeding children his semen on cookies, blindfolding and gagging them as he took pictures, spurred a flood of reports of other cases to law enforcement. One resulted in the arrest of a second teacher at the same school on a charge of fondling a second-grader. The scandal has since expanded with the discovery this week that the district failed to report Berndt and another former teacher, George Hernandez, charged with molesting children to the California Teacher Credentialing Commission. District Superintendent John Deasy has ordered officials to comb through the past four years of cases of teachers charged with misconduct to ensure they have all been reported to the commission. In the Hernandez case, he was later hired by the Inglewood Unified School District after the commission showed he had a clean disciplinary record. He is now charged with sexually assaulting a student there and is believed to have fled to Mexico. http://news.yahoo.com/la-teacher-arr...175715197.html __________________

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