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April 24, 2005
Elementary School Teacher Accused Of Sex Abuse On Student
An elementary school teacher in Brevard County, Fla., was arrested this weekend, charged with 48 counts of sex abuse on one of his 13-year-old students.
Investigators said Daniel Cliatt had been sexually abusing the same boy four times a week at Endeavor Elementary School in Cocoa, Fla., Local 6 News reported.
The boy told police that Cliatt would show him homosexual pornography videos and then perform sexual acts on him in a classroom, according to the report.
"The teacher was able to get him alone in an after-school care program after the other students has left," Cocoa police Detective Barbara Matthews said.
Police found one of the porn tapes hidden inside a school classroom.
"I don't believe in his mind that he ever intended to hurt the child," Matthews said. "I think he really cared for the child and a lot of times that is how the relationship starts."
Police believe there may be more victims in connection with the case.
Cliatt has been charged with 48 counts of sexual battery and lewd and lascivious acts on a child.
Posted by Nealus at April 24, 2005 04:49 PM
