Almost 350 K -12 educators arrested in 2022 charged with child sex crimes

Nearly 350 public school educators were arrested on child sex-related crimes in the U.S. last year. The crimes range from child porn, rape, to grooming. [H/T Fox News Digital]

A study for the entire year of 2022 conducted by Fox News Digital showed that from Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st, no less than 349 kindergarten through 12th-grade educators were busted on child sex crimes. Of the scumbags in this group, five were school principals, three assistant principals, 290 teachers, 26 substitute teachers and 25 teachers' aides, covering nearly every US state.

Of these arrests, at least 262 involved alleged crimes against students.

Arrests that were not publicized were not included in the analysis, which likely makes the actual number somewhat higher. Only a mere 54 alleged crimes did not involve children, but it is not yet known if the remaining 33 arrests involved alleged crimes against students.

Not surprisingly, men made up the vast majority of arrests, totalling almost 82%.

"This isn't surprising or new though it is hard to accept," Erika Sanzi, director of outreach at Parents Defending Education, told the media outlet. "Since the dawn of time, sexual predators have found a way to embed themselves in child rich environments and schools are no exception. Smartphones and encrypted apps have increased access to young children and adolescents and while it is a tiny fraction of educators who engage in this predatory behavior, we must do a much better job protecting children while also respecting due process. It's an icky topic but hiding from it can't be an option."

Corey DeAngelis, senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, said reporting on the subject is incomplete, and that the Department of Education should release a new report detailing the prevalence of child sex abuse in schools.

"These findings are likely lower bound estimates of the actual amount of sexual abuse occurring in public schools because the analysis only includes publicized arrests and cannot count undetected or unreported forms of abuse," DeAngelis told Fox News Digital. "In fact, a 2004 report from the U.S. Department of Education estimated that around one in ten public school students will experience educator sexual misconduct by the time they graduate from high school. The Department of Education should update the report as soon as possible to shine a light on this abuse."

A large number of arrests involved quite heinous allegations such as first degree sexual assaults of children often by educators in supervisory positions as it gives them more access to the kids.

Without mentioning names, some of the charges by a 31-year-old former science teacher included 27 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, 28 counts of indecent liberties with a student, and one count of secretly using or installing a photographic imaging device to arouse or gratify sexual desire on March 18.

In another case, a 35-year-old former biology teacher in Indiana was charged with two counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and six counts of child seduction back in early February. The former teacher is accused of repeatedly raping a 16-year-old student and threatening to kill her. He will stand trial this month.

I could easily go on and list many more, but you get the picture and it doesn't get any better.

Of course all suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

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