Thursday, February 21, 2013
The former swim coach is accused of having a sexual relationship with a female swim student in the 1980s.
Rick Curl, a former swim coach who trained Olympic athletes and founded a prominent Washington, DC-area swim club, pleaded guilty Thursday to sex abuse, The Washington Post reports. Curl is accused of having a sexual relationship with his former swim student, Kelley Currin, in the 1980s, when Currin was a teenager and Curl was in his 30s. Currin and Curl both appeared in court Thursday, The Post reports. Curl, 63, has stepped down from his position at the Curl-Burke Swim Club, now known as the Nation's Capital Swim Club, and has been banned from USA Swimming. The relationship allegedly began at North Bethesda's Georgetown Preparatory School, where the club leased the pool. Curl faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. A sentencing …
Timothy Vincent Krupica, a fifth grade teacher at Meadow Hall Elementary School, has been charged with sex abuse.
Sex abuse charges were filed against a Rockville elementary school teacher, police reported Thursday, stemming from allegations that he molested two female students. Timothy Vincent Krupica, 30, of Frederick, MD, was arrested Thursday. He was charged with sexually abusing a minor and several sex-offense charges, according to court records accessed online. A bail review hearing was set for 1 p.m. Friday. Krupica is a fifth grade teacher at Meadow Hall Elementary School in Rockville, school officials confirmed. Krupica has worked at the school since 2009. Police said the reported abuse occurred between September 2012 and February 2013. Two 11-year-old girls claimed they were forced to touch the teacher inappropriately inside a classroom, …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Former swimming coach is accused of having a sexual relationship with a female swimmer in the 1980s.
Rick Curl, the former swim coach alleged to have had sexual relationship with an underage female swim student in the 1980s, is expected to plead guilty to sex abuse charges, The Gazette reports. Curl has trained atheletes including Olympic gold medalists and world record breakers. He is the founder of the well-known Curl-Burke Swim Club, which recently changed its name to the Nation’s Capital Swim Club in the wake of the allegations. Swimmer Kelley Currin came forward with the allegations in an article in The Washington Post. According to the report, the relationship began at North Bethesda's Georgetown Preparatory School in 1983, when Currin was 13 and Curl was 33. The club leased the pool there, according to the report. Curl last year …
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The Enough Abuse Campaign will be implemented in two Maryland communities
This is the third article in a three-part Patch series focusing on Maryland leaders who are working to prevent child abuse. The country reeled from the headlines streaming out of State College, Pa. last week. Paterno out. Penn State President Graham Spanier fired. Jerry Sandusky, a former football coach, arrested on multiple counts of child sexual abuse. But Patricia Cronin, for one, remained unfazed. "We really shouldn't be shocked," Cronin said. "It's because this is what I do." Cronin is the executive director of The Family Tree, a Maryland-based nonprofit that works to prevent child abuse. "I don't know what fell down. Something did," she said. "Obviously adults knew and didn't report it. That, to me, is just an impossibility." …
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Maryland law differentiates between child abuse and sex offenses.
This is the second article in a three-part Patch series focusing on Maryland leaders who are working to prevent child abuse. The Penn State sex abuse scandal, which has continued to unfold over the past two weeks, has prompted a national conversation about protecting America’s children from predatory adults. Lisae Jordan, an attorney for the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, said she is hopeful that the dialogue will sustain itself, even after the case stops making headlines. "People are absolutely talking about it," Jordan said. "Unfortunately there are too many child sex abuse cases. ... I do hope that it's something that stimulates conversation about that issue." Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was charged on …
Monday, November 14, 2011
Former NFL player says youth athletic programs offer an ideal environment for predators.
This is the first article in a three-part Patch series focusing on Maryland leaders who are working to prevent child abuse. Former Baltimore Colts player Joe Ehrmann doesn't mince words. Without hestiation, this Maryland resident says churches and athletic programs are two of the most dangerous environments for children in America today. The Penn State sex abuse scandal that broke Nov. 5 certainly lends weight to Ehrmann's theory. Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State football coach, has been charged with sexually abusing eight boys since the mid-'90s through a charity he ran. Some of Sandusky's alleged crimes reportedly took place inside the university's athletic facilities. The school's president and other university officials have been …
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