Former Soccer Coach Charged with Possessing Child Pornography

By Zachary Reis
Moriches Daily
January 11, 2013

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Suffolk County Police arrested Thomas Bouklas for possessing child pornography on his computer in Holbrook. (Jan. 11, 2013) | Credit: SCPD

Holbrook, N.Y. (MorichesDaily) — Suffolk police have arrested a retired Catholic school teacher and soccer coach from Holbrook on a child pornography charge, police said Friday.

An investigation by computer crimes detectives led to evidence that Thomas Bouklas, 64, “was downloading and possessing child pornography via the Internet,” police said.

A search warrant was executed at Bouklas’ home on Arnold Street in Holbrook and computers, hard drives as well as assorted media were seized.

Bouklas, who worked at St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School in West Islip from 1969 to 2006, was charged with possessing a sexual performance of a child, police and school officials said.

Among Bouklas’ accomplishments as boys soccer coach: 18 Catholic High School Athletic Association league titles, a perfect 18-0 season in 1993 and state CHSAA titles in 1996 and 1998.

He most recently served as assistant girls soccer coach at the school, and those “duties were terminated pending the outcome of the investigation,” the Diocese of Rockville Centre said in a statement.