Post by Dean Robinson on Jun 5, 2008 9:51:02 GMT -5
Levack man accused of sexually assaulting child in care of CAS
Posted By Rachel Punch/The Sudbury Star
Posted 6 hours ago
A 62-year-old Levack man has been accused of sexually assaulting a child in the care of the Children’s Aid Society.
Douglas Klasges was charged in January with sexual exploitation, sexual assault and sexual interference, but police and the Sudbury and District Children’s Aid Society just announced the arrest on Wednesday.
They waited so long to release the information to give the organization a chance to contact children they know may have come in contact with Klasges, said Colette Prevost, executive director of the Sudbury District CAS.
The announcement Wednesday was an appeal to the broader community for any other children who may have had contact with him to come forward to police or the CAS.
“Douglas Klasges is known to have had contact with other children within the community. The police and the CAS have concerns that other children may also have been victimized by Klasges,” states a press release from Greater Sudbury Police.
Prevost would not say if Klasges was a foster parent or how he was involved in the organization. All she would say is he was not a staff member.
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The charges as well as the wording of the article tell me it was probably a foster parent or a volunteer driver. I am assuming a foster parent in this case. Mostly because of how one of the charges is worded and because of how long the Society, in collusion with the Police hid it from the public.
Since the identify of all foster kids is secret anyhow, there was no reason to withhold the information while they saught other potentially harmed kids.
This needs focus... the fact that they hid it from the public this long? Five months!
Now going into deeper analysis. They say they kept it from the public this long to give them time to contact kids who would have been in touch with the guy... how does not making this public help them to acheive that goal?
And if that goal has been reached why then are they now also asking for anyone who has been in contact with him to contact them. So now, five months later they are seeking through a press release kids who have been in contact? Why not do that five months ago... I think it got leaked and they are back tracking or something to that effect.
The Charge says
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
... / Definition of "young person".
153. Every person who is in a position of trust or authority towards a young person or is a person with whom the young person is in a relationship of dependency and who
(a) for a sexual purpose, touches, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, any part of the body of the young person, or
(b) for a sexual purpose, invites, counsels or incites, a young person to touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, the body of any person, including the body of the person who so invites, counsels or incites and the body of the young person,
Sincerely
John Dunn
Executive Director
The Foster Care Council of Canada
www.afterfostercare.ca
Posted By Rachel Punch/The Sudbury Star
Posted 6 hours ago
A 62-year-old Levack man has been accused of sexually assaulting a child in the care of the Children’s Aid Society.
Douglas Klasges was charged in January with sexual exploitation, sexual assault and sexual interference, but police and the Sudbury and District Children’s Aid Society just announced the arrest on Wednesday.
They waited so long to release the information to give the organization a chance to contact children they know may have come in contact with Klasges, said Colette Prevost, executive director of the Sudbury District CAS.
The announcement Wednesday was an appeal to the broader community for any other children who may have had contact with him to come forward to police or the CAS.
“Douglas Klasges is known to have had contact with other children within the community. The police and the CAS have concerns that other children may also have been victimized by Klasges,” states a press release from Greater Sudbury Police.
Prevost would not say if Klasges was a foster parent or how he was involved in the organization. All she would say is he was not a staff member.
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The charges as well as the wording of the article tell me it was probably a foster parent or a volunteer driver. I am assuming a foster parent in this case. Mostly because of how one of the charges is worded and because of how long the Society, in collusion with the Police hid it from the public.
Since the identify of all foster kids is secret anyhow, there was no reason to withhold the information while they saught other potentially harmed kids.
This needs focus... the fact that they hid it from the public this long? Five months!
Now going into deeper analysis. They say they kept it from the public this long to give them time to contact kids who would have been in touch with the guy... how does not making this public help them to acheive that goal?
And if that goal has been reached why then are they now also asking for anyone who has been in contact with him to contact them. So now, five months later they are seeking through a press release kids who have been in contact? Why not do that five months ago... I think it got leaked and they are back tracking or something to that effect.
The Charge says
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
... / Definition of "young person".
153. Every person who is in a position of trust or authority towards a young person or is a person with whom the young person is in a relationship of dependency and who
(a) for a sexual purpose, touches, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, any part of the body of the young person, or
(b) for a sexual purpose, invites, counsels or incites, a young person to touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, the body of any person, including the body of the person who so invites, counsels or incites and the body of the young person,
Sincerely
John Dunn
Executive Director
The Foster Care Council of Canada
www.afterfostercare.ca