WEST VIRGINIA
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
By SAMANTHA PERRY Bluefield Daily Telegraph
PRINCETON — The mother of a boy who was allegedly sexually abused by a church youth volunteer is losing faith in the justice system after the case has dragged on in the courts for more than two years.
The woman, who was interviewed by the Daily Telegraph on the condition of anonymity, is the mother of one of nine victims allegedly molested by Timothy Probert, a former volunteer at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Bluefield and mentor for the Working to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect (WE CAN) program in Mercer County.
“It keeps the wounds open and prevents us from healing like we need to be able to do,” the mother said. “How unfair is it that the victims have almost no say in any part of the process? We just have to wait for someone else to decide when this terrible time in our lives can come to an end.”
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Probert, 57, of Mercer County, is facing 50 charges relating to alleged sexual abuse of children.
Arrested in December 2013 on 38 counts of child sexual abuse related charges, Probert’s grand jury indictment in February 2015 included 12 new charges that stemmed from another victim coming forward and additional charges being added in other cases, Sgt. M.D. Clemons, with the Crimes Against Children Unit of the West Virginia State Police, said in a previous report.
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