{"id":227552,"date":"2024-11-28T06:56:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T10:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=227552"},"modified":"2024-11-28T09:02:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T13:02:46","slug":"authorities-are-slow-to-act-in-many-cases-of-sexual-abuse-in-public-schools-minister-calls-for-early-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/11\/28\/authorities-are-slow-to-act-in-many-cases-of-sexual-abuse-in-public-schools-minister-calls-for-early-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities are slow to act in many cases of sexual abuse in public schools; Minister calls for early detention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Angel-Hernandez-El-Dia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227626\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Angel-Hernandez-El-Dia.png 444w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Angel-Hernandez-El-Dia-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><figcaption>Angel Hern\u00e1ndez \/ El D\u00eda<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Education Minister \u00c1ngel Hern\u00e1ndez has revealed that nearly 60 teachers have been sanctioned for sexual abuse allegations in the past two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hern\u00e1ndez made the statement during an interview on the television program &#8220;El D\u00eda,&#8221; responding to questions about the recent cases of two teachers in San Pedro de Macor\u00eds accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Last year (2023), 34 cases were sanctioned, and the year before (2022), a similar number,&#8221; said Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister emphasized that teachers who engage in such behavior are often known within the community, and school administrators and guidance counselors should pay close attention to any information students provide about their teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Usually, teachers who have this type of behavior are known. People know who they are. The issue is that everyone must assume their responsibility, especially the school principal and the guidance counselor, where many children and adolescents probably go to give some kind of information,&#8221; assured the minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent case in San Pedro de Macor\u00eds has led to the arrest of two teachers, English teacher Fernando Altagracia Pe\u00f1a Eusebio and mathematics teacher Alejandro Roberto Bello Matos, who are accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student. The alleged abuse occurred both at the school and in a local church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Republic Attorney General&#8217;s Office has requested a detention order for Pe\u00f1a Eusebio, while Bello Matos remains at large. Additionally, five other school officials are being investigated for allegedly attempting to cover up the crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem seems to be that the authorities are late in acting when the situation is known. Dominican Public School Teachers Association (ADP) and the Ministry of Education have condemned the actions of the teachers involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/20241127\/dos-anos-ministerio-educacion-sancionado-alrededor-60-maestros-abuso-sexual_835493.html\">Listin Diario <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/20241127\/profesores-abuso-sexualmente-adolescente-amenazaba-ahorcandola_835479.html\">Listin Diario <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/en-2023-se-registraron-34-casos-de-abuso-sexual-en-escuelas\/\">El Dia <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/11\/27\/spm-school-authorities-knew-for-months-of-sexual-relationship-between-teacher-and-student\/\">DR1 News <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>28 November 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Minister \u00c1ngel Hern\u00e1ndez has revealed that nearly 60 teachers have been sanctioned for sexual abuse allegations in the past two years. Hern\u00e1ndez made the statement during an interview on the television program &#8220;El D\u00eda,&#8221; responding to questions about the recent cases of two teachers in San Pedro de Macor\u00eds accused of sexually assaulting a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/11\/28\/authorities-are-slow-to-act-in-many-cases-of-sexual-abuse-in-public-schools-minister-calls-for-early-detention\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227552"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227628,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227552\/revisions\/227628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}