TEXAS
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
BY MAX B. BAKER
maxbaker@star-telegram.com
The family of a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by a teacher and basketball coach on the campus of the Burton Adventist Academy in Arlington is suing the Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, saying officials did not do enough to protect the girl while she was at school.
In June, Carlos E. Rodriguez, 37, pled guilty in Tarrant County court to continued sexual abuse of a child under 14 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison without possibility of parole. The assaults took place in 2012 when the girl was 13 and in the eighth grade, according to the court documents.
The family still lives in the area and waited until after the criminal case was completed to sue, one of their attorneys said. They are not named in court documents to protect the girl’s privacy.
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