Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Reluctant to Report Abuse

Long Island -- Investigation has revealed clues that opportunities to stop the sexual abuse of children were missed, newsday.com says.

The families of two of the 37-year-old Ronkonkoma karate instructor -- known as "Sensei Jimmy" to his young students -- said they learned of the abuse more than a decade ago.

One of the karate teacher's former colleagues said at least two other adults had secondhand knowledge of accusations more than a decade ago.

According to a detective of the Special Victims Section said no one filed a police report about the man until a 13-year-old boy came forward in October 2007.

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