NEW JERSEY
Philly.com
by Julie Shaw , Staff writer @julieshawphilly | shawj@phillynews.com
A teacher’s aide at a South Jersey Christian preschool has been accused in a lawsuit with sexually abusing four children under his care.
The aide was recently suspended from the reJOYce Christian School in Hainesport, Burlington County, and a criminal investigation is underway by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office, according to lawyer Brian Kent, who filed the lawsuit.
The preschool is part of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. The newspaper is not naming the teacher’s aide because he has not been criminally charged.
His suspension was first reported by FOX 29 on Thursday.
Joel Bewley, spokesman for the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office, said in an email Friday: “Our office does not divulge the possible existence of a criminal investigation into a specific person or entity.” He added that there “are no present charges against” the teacher’s aide.
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