Teacher Terminated From St. Thomas Aquinas

By Sabrina Salas Matanane
KUAM
March 9, 2015

http://www.kuam.com/story/28296087/2015/03/09/teacher-terminated-from-st-thomas-aquinas

KUAM News has confirmed that a teacher from a local private school has been terminated. It was last week when KUAM was provided information that a teacher was allegedly acting inappropriately with male students at St. Thomas Aquinas school and was terminated. School officials however referred us to the Archdiocese of Agana Chancery Office.

Monday evening KUAM received a statement from Deacon Larry Claros, the Archdiocese of Agana's Sexual Abuse Response Coordinator, who confirmed an incident occurred in January involving a a student who complained of inappropriate behavior by a teacher. Claros stated that a male student informed school officials that a female teacher had text inappropriate image of herself to him. Claros says the school administration took proper and immediate action upon receiving the information, reporting the matter to police as required by law.

Officials from St. Thomas Aquinas also spoke with all parties involved and the teacher was terminated. Claros said "the Archdiocese of Agana takes the safety of all children very seriously and will not tolerate inappropriate behavior by any adults with whom our youth are entrusted."

Press statement:

The Archdiocese of Agana confirms that it took disciplinary action against a teacher at one of its high schools, St. Thomas Aquinas, after a student complained of inappropriate behavior by the teacher.

The incident occurred in January and involved a male student who informed school authorities that a female teacher had texted inappropriate images of herself to him.

The school administration took proper and immediate action upon receiving the  information, reporting the matter to the police as required by law. School officials also spoke with all parties involved, met with the student's parents and also informed Chancery officials. The teacher was terminated.

The Archdiocese of Agana takes the safety of all children very seriously and  will not tolerate inappropriate behavior by any adults with whom our youth are entrusted.