Pedophiles
My ex was freaking this morning and called to tell me some news.
Cops try to keep sex abuse suspect in jail
By Rob Lamberti, TORONTO SUNThe list of alleged victims of a suspected child abuser is growing and Toronto Police are going to court today to fight his getting bail.
The 26-year-old North York man, who has been a child-care worker and a supply teacher since 1997, was arrested Monday for breaching bail conditions by allegedly contacting a victim.
He was also charged with eight more sex-related offences involving three other boys aged 11 and 12 years old.
“It’s alleged the suspect basically lured small boys into a life of sexual activity, specifically it’s been more fondling than any other sex act,” Det.-Const. Gord Reifenstein said.
The suspect worked in Dublin Heights Elementary and Middle School, Charles H. Best Elementary, now known as Wilmington Elementary, and at Charles H. Best Middle School in North York. He also worked as a child care worker.
Reifenstein said a public meeting was held Monday night at Best Middle School and he was shocked at how many were “fooled” by the suspect.
“He (allegedly) manipulated parents, other adults who don’t have children and he just did a phenomenal job with these people. He snowed them beyond belief.”
Reifenstein said the community is angry and the suspect’s safety is one reason he shouldn’t be given bail.
“I’m concerned, not that we have a vigilante group out there, but let’s keep a calm, cool head about it and hopefully the court system will help us,” he said.
After the community meeting, Reifenstein said he was approached by two boys, around 14, contemplating filing charges and yesterday there were two more, between 18 and 20 years old, who might come forward.
MORE VICTIMS?
“All of a sudden, you see the (suspect) on the news and hearing the stories and all of a sudden your emotions come to the top as well,” he said of the alleged victims. “They’re having to deal with a lot of stuff just to see if they could … assist us in the investigation.”
Reifenstein described the alleged crimes as the work of a “typical pedophile,” who showered boys with gifts.
Pedophiles are patient, taking their time to get the child “on their side,” he said.
Joshua Adam Weinstein, 26, is charged with four counts of sexual interference, two of sexual assault and breach of recognizance, and single counts of invitation to sexual touching and luring a child under 14 by Internet.
My daughter used to attend one of those daycare centres they mentioned.
And it’s funny that, just the other day, I saw our neighbour, who still works at the daycare centre, and asked, “whatever happened to Josh? He doesn’t work there any more, I’ve heard”.
She told me that he’d left to start his own daycare centre, funded by his family, although she sounded a little strange in the way she said it.
At the time I was wondering if she was jealous that he’d get to start his own place, or that he hadn’t asked her to join him. Now I wonder if she was aware of what happened since they used to be close friends, with him always stopping by her place.
Tonight my ex is going to be asking my daughter whether there was anything inappropriate happening with Josh, the ex-daycare worker. I assume the answer will be no, since the article talks about ‘boys’ being the victims. She may have been safe.
But I have to say that I always wonder about grown men choosing to work with children. Not because there aren’t normal guys out there who love kids, just that I always wonder, and I wondered about Josh, who was a huge fat effeminate guy who dyed his spikey short hair blonde, and talked like a fruit.
UPDATE: My daughter called me tonight after reading this post to ask me if it was “Josh” that I was talking about. So we had a chat and she said that she was ok, that he’d never tried anything strange with her. But she also noted that there was one boy that he used to buy expensive little gifts for when they were on outings.
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What a horrifying thing to realize- I pray that your little one is ok. I never want to doubt men that work well with children because I know there must be some legitimate ones with no issues but stories like this really really make me nervous and suspicious. I am glad they caught the bastard but I’m overwhelmingly sad for the children affected by his sick behaviour.