Teacher Guilty of Measuring Student Genitalia

(Fort Ann, New York) A 27-year-old teacher and basketball coach at a Fort Ann elementary school, Jared P. Bromley, pleaded guilty this week to charges related to allowing middle school students masturbate in front of him and allegedly measuring their genitalia with a ruler.

Bromley's plea deal indicates he will likely get 60 days in jail for a conviction on felony sexual conduct against a child. His trial had been scheduled to begin on Monday.

Bromley was initially charged with two misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly allowing two 13-year old boys to fondle themselves in front of him in various instances since December 2005. There were no allegations that he had had any sexual contact with them. [See here for chronology of the case.]

He was then charged with second degree sexual abuse for allegedly touching one of the male students with a ruler, telling the student he was measuring his genitalia. Police said that the teens allege that Bromley would measure their genitalia, using a masking tape "harness."

Three felony charges of course of sexual conduct against a child and first degree coercion were then lodged against Bromley by a Washington County Grand Jury as well as making a false statement in the case.

Bromley had been charged Feb. 7 after two students said they interrupted an incident involving one of the boys in the coach's office which is located in the boys' locker room at the Washington County school. Bromley was initially suspended from his teaching duties but later resigned from his teaching position and as coach in March.

If convicted at trial, Bromley faced a possible 18 years in prison. With the plea bargain, he will likely get 60 days jail, 10 years probation and an order to register as a sex offender. Sentencing is scheduled for January 11th.

So, tell me. How does a pervert like Bromley ever get hired? Somebody must have known that he was unsuited for working with kids. I don't believe that, all of a sudden at age 27, a person decides to become a child molester.