Reply #16: Somebody's doing a great job now - chilling duo of recent cases at another charitable school in PA.

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CASE2:

http://articles.philly.com/2011-10-30/news/30339167_1_student-homes-milton-hershey-school-sexual-relations

October 30, 2011|By Bob Fernandez, Inquirer Staff Writer

How child-porn case led to Hershey School

William Charney Jr. walked into the federal courthouse in Harrisburg 10 days ago and was sentenced to more than seven years in prison. The charge: possession of almost 700 images and 40 videos of child pornography.

A vile crime in any circumstance, it is particularly chilling in the case of Charney. The 43-year-old, married and the father of two children, was responsible for the residential life of about 800 teenage students and was living on the campus of the Milton Hershey School for impoverished children. Between 2001 and 2008, Charney and his wife, Mollie, were the house parents for about a dozen boys, living in student homes with them.

Tipped off by America Online, the FBI had cause to move quickly when it first became aware of Charney in late 2009. "Let me know if you ever want to make it happen with one of my boys, they're always available," said one e-mail sent to Charney, who used an alias screen name.

Charney is the second child-sex offender uncovered at the Hershey School in recent years and the latest in a string of sexually charged issues to confront the school's administration and its Board of Managers. It comes as the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office is investigating multimillion-dollar expenditures by the school of funds meant to sustain the institution and expand its enrollment.

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CASE 1:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/94387849.html?c=r

Thu, May. 20, 2010, 3:00 AM

Sex-abuse case shatters Hershey School

By Bob Fernandez, Inquirer Staff Writer

...Having a serial pedophile with access to its students is a shattering blow for a 100-year-old school that considers itself a haven for children from impoverished backgrounds. The school, for prekindergarten through 12th grade, is financed by profits from the Hershey Co., and it has $7 billion in assets.

...Several boys complained to regular house parents about Koons in the 1980s, according to police documents. The mother of one of those boys sent a sworn statement to the Derry Township Police Department about a molestation in 1998. An investigation was launched in March 1998, and the school was contacted, according to an internal police report of the investigation.

But the case was dropped in April 1999, with a scant reference in the report to a detective and an official at the school planning to set up a meeting.

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http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/05/cops_abuse_of_milton_hershey_s.html

Cops: Abuse of Milton Hershey students reported years before child molester was convicted

Published: Monday, May 17, 2010, 7:38 PM Updated: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 10:39 AM

By MATTHEW KEMENY, The Patriot-News

Four Milton Hershey School students reported being abused to their houseparents in 1989 and at least one of the boys' mothers reported abuse to Derry Township police in 1998 -- years before the abuser was convicted and sentenced to jail, authorities said.

Charles R. Koons II, 40, of Middletown, pleaded guilty in January to sexually assaulting 16 children. He was sentenced in March to 35 to 100 years in prison.

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