Sexual Assault

Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission won’t say if immigration status will be used against victims.

Levi David Gray received a 20 month prison sentence followed by three years of post-prison supervision.

More than 20 men have now come forward accusing Dr. Edward Gary Edwards of widespread abuse and top officials at the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility in Woodburn, Oregon, of ignoring the abuse and allowing it to continue.

After reporting a coworker for dishonesty, Washington County Sheriff’s Deputy Melissa Canning claims she was retaliated against in multiple ways, including allegations she stole from a restaurant.

The investigation comes days after OPB published an investigation into decades-old claims of sexual abuse against Evans, all from his time as a teacher at St. Helens High School in the 1980s.

In interviews with OPB, former St. Helens High School students say teachers have crossed lines for decades. A teacher who allegedly had a sexual relationship with a student in the 1980s later represented state agencies responsible for protecting Oregon’s children and holding accountable those who abuse them.

The lawsuit alleges that Dr. Edward Gary Edwards repeatedly molested the boys, whose ages ranged from 12-16 at the time, and despite reporting the abuse several times, nothing happened.

Communications officials for the district said the investigation on sexual abuse allegations — and corrective action plan as a result — were delayed as the third-party investigator conducts additional interviews.

On Friday, a federal judge sentenced a Klamath Falls man convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women.

St. Helens School District officials said they shifted to the virtual format after they learned about gun threats related to the board meeting.