By Gabe Bullard
Filed Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 11:14 PM
Earlier this week, St. Louis Community College (SLCC) suspended music professor Lawrence Stukenholtz for sexual misconduct. Stukenholtz was not suspended for any misdeeds at SLCC, but for incidents at Matter Dei High School in California, a Catholic institution. Labels: Crime, Interviews
Court records show that after reports of sexual relationships and abuse with female minors, Stukenholtz was offered the chance to resign or else face a full investigation. He resigned and eventually wound up teaching music at SLCC.
When one of Stukenholtz's victims, Sarah Gray, found out about his position in St. Louis she contacted the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP). Local SNAP officials say they told SLCC administrators about Stukenholtz's past, but after no action was taken, they met with Gray and hand-delivered a letter to the school's main office.
Following the delivery, Stukenholtz was suspended.
Gray's legal options against Stukenholtz are limited since she already settled a case, along with other victims.
"The settlement was basically a way for myself and the other girls to move forward," says Gray.
Gray is currently pushing to get Stukenhotlz indicted on charges of sexual abuse of a child in Orange County, California.
PubDef talked with Gray before she and SNAP representatives delivered their letter to the SLCC.
3 Comments:
kudos to Gray for having the courage to be interviewed
11/21/2007 9:25 AM
So was he actually fired eventually, or is he getting paid by the state to sit alone in a room and read magazines?
12/25/2007 10:30 PM
She's lying to get the money. These women all know they can get away with this because the Catholic churches don't want the publicity. It's really sad. If she were telling the truth, she'd donate the money to charity. Do you see her doing that. NO!
1/01/2008 11:36 AM
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