Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Police: Bethesda teacher arrested for sexual abuse of student


The man is accused of sexually abusing a female student while he was a teacher and rowing coach at Walt Whitman High School.

WASHINGTON — Police have arrested a high school teacher who they say sexually abused a student multiple times between May and June of 2018.

According to D.C. police, 47-year-old Kirkland Shipley of Northwest, D.C. is suspected of abusing a female student while being a teacher and rowing coach at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland. The offenses allegedly happened in D.C...


https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/police-bethesda-teacher-arrested-sexual-abuse-student-in-dc/65-af8f7202-23df-47f9-8d0b-3c01678fe067

2 comments:

  1. Actions speak louder than written words:
    "These charges are deeply troubling and are a violation of the core values of our school and school system," said Dodd in the letter to parents. "We hold our employees to a high standard of character and this behavior is completely unacceptable."

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  2. I take it that in Maryland this is perfectly legal:
    https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2021/08/walt-whitman-high-school-teacher-faces-sex-charges-related-to-a-student/
    "Charging documents indicate the alleged offenses occurred sometime between May and June of 2018, when the Whitman High School student was 18 and Shipley was 44."

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