A veteran teacher and long-time baseball coach in Lafayette, Indiana has been taken into police custody for coercing students to partake in masturbatory acts under his guidance.
Following an investigation that found him to have been informing children on how to pleasure themselves since 2014, Joe Kimerer was arrested for vicarious sexual gratification with a child under 14 years old, among other charges, on Friday, March 9. As an educator in the district for 18 years and an on-again-off-again coach in the community, Kimerer, 46, has reportedly been engaging some of his students in discussions that he himself confesses have “gone too far.”
Some of the more recent cases reportedly involved the Amelia Earhart Elementary School teacher sending boys (who he'd conduct private baseball lessons for) to the bathroom to fondle themselves, before asking intimate questions about their penis'. The fourth-grade teacher reportedly had students complying with his requests at school and even at home, after making it a habit of calling to speak with students during their private time, in order to inquire into whether they had done their ritual "homework."
After learning of an incident on February 26, the Superintendent of Lafayette School Corporation, Les Huddle, disciplined Kimerer by reassigning him to 'home duties.' Taking such a measure was a simple means to get Kimerer out of the classroom before procedures to terminate his employment play out, says Huddle.
Source: nypost.com