Police report shows school district stonewalled detective investigating molestation allegations

MORAGA -- As allegations swirled that a popular science teacher had sexually abused students in the Moraga school district nearly two decades ago, a town police detective sought to investigate the complaints, but said school officials thwarted her efforts, this newspaper has learned.
Detective Julie Valdez built a case against teacher Daniel Witters despite efforts by school administrators to limit her access to information about his conduct, according to the report she filed in 1996. That portion of the probe derailed after Witters killed himself days after the abuse claims surfaced. However, Valdez turned her focus to his superiors.
She concluded in her report that at least three school district employees broke the law requiring them to report sexual abuse claims to authorities, a failure that allowed additional abuse to occur. It is not clear why charges against the employees were not pursued.

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