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Monday, January 14, 2013

Cardin School Gym Teacher Charged with Child Abuse

Baltimore County Police said the victim, now 20, was a student during the four years of alleged abuse by a man who resides in Cockeysville, and there could be more victims.

A former student at Shoshana S. Cardin School told police that her gym teacher and coach at the private school in Pikesville sexually abused her for years. Foye C. Minton Jr., 33, of Cockeysville, has been charged with child abuse against a female student for offenses that police allege began in 2009 and continued for about four years, according to a news release from Baltimore County police. The woman, now 20, contacted police last month to report the alleged abuse, according to the release. It's not clear whether Minton is still employed by the school. Minton is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $250,000 bond. At the time of the alleged offenses, Minton, who is a resident of the unit block of Breezy Hill Court in …

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Reporting Child Sex Abuse is Public's Job, Local Experts Say

Community members and expert panelists engaged in a spirited and informative discussion at the Owings Mills Jewish Community Center Tuesday night.

How do we report sexual abuse? Why do we fear reporting it? And how do we address it with young children? In the wake of the sexual abuse scandals at Penn State and Syracuse University, the Baltimore Child Abuse Center (BCAC) finds itself fielding more and more phone calls and e-mails from individuals wanting to learn more about the ultrasensitive topic. Tuesday evening at the Jewish Community Center in Owings Mills, the BCAC brought an expert panel to a town hall event to put discussion of child sex abuse—a crime predicated on secrecy and silence—out into the open for a passionate, engaging and honest dialogue. More than 60 people showed up for the discussion, many of whom work with children in the community as therapists, clergy and …

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