Everyday thousands of children are being sexually abused. You can stop the abuse of at least one child by simply praying. You can possibly stop the abuse of thousands of children by forwarding the link in First Time Visitor? by email, Twitter or Facebook to every Christian you know. Save a child or lots of children!!!! Do Something, please!

3:15 PM prayer in brief:
Pray for God to stop 1 child from being molested today.
Pray for God to stop 1 child molestation happening now.
Pray for God to rescue 1 child from sexual slavery.
Pray for God to save 1 girl from genital circumcision.
Pray for God to stop 1 girl from becoming a child-bride.
If you have the faith pray for 100 children rather than one.
Give Thanks. There is more to this prayer here

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Thursday, 9 January 2014

School Principal Charged with Failing to Report a Teenage Sex & Drinking Party

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- An eastern Ohio elementary school official will perform community service related to rape awareness in exchange for prosecutors dropping a charge that she failed to report rumors of a teenage sex and drinking party, state Attorney General Mike DeWine announced Wednesday.

Lynnett Gorman had faced a misdemeanor charge of failure to report child abuse or neglect related to the April 2012 party. The accusation against Gorman arose from an investigation into other crimes associated with the August 2012 rape of a 16-year-old girl after a different party, but it was not related to that case. See: http://northwoodssaveachild.blogspot.ca/2013/11/school-officials-charged-in-cover-up-of.html

The weird thing is that the party had nothing to do with any of her students, but may have involved her son. Are school principals obligated under law to report rumors?

Gorman, a principal in the Steubenville city schools, must perform 40 hours of community service at a rape crisis or victim assistance center and talk to teachers and administrators in Steubenville about the importance of reporting child abuse and neglect, DeWine said.

She must also encourage the school system to host a speaker from the Ohio Alliance Against Sexual Violence during Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April.
Principal Lynette Gorman

If she completes those activities, the charge will be dropped by June 1, DeWine said.

The attorney general said more can be accomplished through community service than jail time had Gorman been convicted.

"The interests of the community are served by having the principal acknowledge that she should have done things differently," DeWine said in a statement, adding: "This is about the long-term healing of the community."

A message seeking comment was left Wednesday with Gorman's attorney, Dennis McNamara, who previously said Gorman was accused of failing to report possible child abuse, apparently involving a teen sex and drinking party in April 2012 unrelated to the rape of the West Virginia girl later that year.

McNamara said Gorman learned about the party second- or third-hand while checking to see if her son had been involved.

Because parents of the teens knew of the party's circumstances, "I don't think she had an obligation" to report it, McNamara said last month.

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