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People of Praise school official says allegation of sexual abuse was mishandled
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People of Praise school official says allegation of sexual abuse was mishandled
By Beth Reinhard
August 9, 2021 at 7:40 p.m. EDT
A Minneapolis-area school run by the Christian group People of Praise mishandled a student’s allegation of sexual abuse against a teacher, the school board president acknowledged in a recent email to teachers and parents.
People of Praise began investigating reports of abuse within the close-knit community last year. The Aug. 6 email also acknowledged an ongoing investigation into similar reports involving the same teacher.
Katie Logan told The Washington Post she was molested by Dave Beskar two weeks after her graduation from Trinity School at River Ridge in 2001, when she was 17. She also told The Post about her report to police in December 2020.
At the time of the alleged incident, Beskar was a 35-year-old teacher and girls’ basketball coach who lived in a People of Praise home for celibate men. Logan reported the alleged incident to a school official in 2006, but Beskar remained on staff until 2011, when he became the headmaster of two new charter schools in Arizona.
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People of Praise faces reckoning over sexual misconduct.
Amy Coney Barrett served as ‘handmaid’ in People of Praise
The complicated relationship between People of Praise and Catholicism.
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By Beth Reinhard
Beth Reinhard is a reporter on the investigative team at The Washington Post. She was a member of the Post team that won the Pulitzer Prize, George Polk Award and Toner Prize in 2018. She previously worked at the Wall Street Journal, National Journal, the Miami Herald and the Palm Beach Post. Twitter https://twitter.com/bethreinhard
People of Praise school official says allegation of sexual abuse was mishandled
By Beth Reinhard
August 9, 2021 at 7:40 p.m. EDT
A Minneapolis-area school run by the Christian group People of Praise mishandled a student’s allegation of sexual abuse against a teacher, the school board president acknowledged in a recent email to teachers and parents.
People of Praise began investigating reports of abuse within the close-knit community last year. The Aug. 6 email also acknowledged an ongoing investigation into similar reports involving the same teacher.
Katie Logan told The Washington Post she was molested by Dave Beskar two weeks after her graduation from Trinity School at River Ridge in 2001, when she was 17. She also told The Post about her report to police in December 2020.
At the time of the alleged incident, Beskar was a 35-year-old teacher and girls’ basketball coach who lived in a People of Praise home for celibate men. Logan reported the alleged incident to a school official in 2006, but Beskar remained on staff until 2011, when he became the headmaster of two new charter schools in Arizona.
{snip}
People of Praise faces reckoning over sexual misconduct.
Amy Coney Barrett served as ‘handmaid’ in People of Praise
The complicated relationship between People of Praise and Catholicism.
Follow @wpinvestigates on Twitter |
Latest investigative news
By Beth Reinhard
Beth Reinhard is a reporter on the investigative team at The Washington Post. She was a member of the Post team that won the Pulitzer Prize, George Polk Award and Toner Prize in 2018. She previously worked at the Wall Street Journal, National Journal, the Miami Herald and the Palm Beach Post. Twitter https://twitter.com/bethreinhard