Wrestling coach Terry Terrell Gillard of John H. Francis Polytechnic High School in Sun Valley has been charged with sexually molesting four 14 and 15 year old students over the course of three years, according to the LA County District Attorney. Child sexual molestation is behavior that's learned, and it would be unlikely for...

Diocese of Syracuse found that the victim's claims of violent sexual abuse were credible and resulted in the removal of Father Felix Colosimo A sexual abuse lawsuit (Federal District of Connecticut, Case 3:17-cv-00906) against the Diocese of Syracuse was filed in a Connecticut Federal Court due to acts of pedophilia committed by a priest...

July 6, 2014 Summary:  A recent child sexual abuse case in West Virginia may have larger implications; a jury – not a judge – can define ‘position of trust’ in child sexual abuse cases.  This legal precedent could serve to empower future juries in holding more abusers accountable. Few people reading this would question...

Carlsbad pastor Matthew Tague of North Coast Calvary Chapel has been arrested for child molestation. It is unlikely that Mr. Tague has harmed only one child. Child molestation is a learned behavior and it is rare that the perpetrator is caught early on. If your child was harmed by Mr. Tague, or you suspect...

Diana Yniguez, a teacher at the all-girls Catholic Ramona Convent Secondary School, was just arrested by the Alhambra Police Department for her unlawful sexual relationship with a teenage girl, and was subsequently placed on leave by the school. The girl was in Ms. Yniguez’ class during the 2015-2016 school year at Ramona Convent. Yniguez...

John (Juan) Richard Young is the latest in a very long list of Elk Grove Unified School District sex abuse arrests. The Spanish teacher was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of having had oral sex with a 17-year-old female student. Almost unbelievably, this is now the seventh employee, volunteer or contractor within the Elk...

66-year-old Gabriel Argote, long-time music teacher at Mendota High School and Legends Music Sound Stage, was recently sentenced to eighteen years in state prison. Residents may be wondering “what’s next?” As the attorneys helping one of the young victims of Gabriel Argote, we are thrilled to hear this news of the sentencing. Over time...

In a current, ongoing news story, 23-year-old Uber driver Samer Alaaeldin Mahran of Huntington Beach, CA is accused of raping his unconscious passenger, a Laguna Beach, CA 17-year-old girl. A horrible story, to be sure. Unfortunately, new technology brings new problems, or at least the same old problems, with a new way for molesters...

  Expert Steve Estey discusses child sex abuse allegations at Prairie Elementary School with Fox 40 in Sacramento. Estey points out "What stands out to me is the number of victims at this point because if there is an isolated incident with one child and a one-time occurrence, maybe that slipped through the cracks....

Since the firm’s start nearly twenty years ago, attorneys Steve Estey and Mike Bomberger of Estey & Bomberger, LLP, have focused on assisting the young survivors of sexual molestation in schools. Current news stories are not uncommon, and even though we’re disturbed to hear about Prairie Elementary, we can’t say we’re surprised. Our attorneys...