We have a male colleague who has been suspended while enquiries are being carried out and it very much seems that he has acted inappropriately with one or more pupils in the past (not in our school as far as we know). Obviously it's up to the courts to decide if he is guilty or not, but as far as I can gather he has been warned in the past so it is probably true.
Earlier I was party to a conversation when another male colleague - probably about the same age, the father of young children, was saying that he'd sent a message of moral support saying that as the bloke hadn't done anything which had caused him, personally, any problems, then he was not going to be treating him like a pariah.
I think it's fairly clear that the bloke will never teach again and I am unlikely to ever bump into him in the street. I would certainly be polite if I were to see him, but it's the bit about not having been affected personally that bothers me.
Surely, as parents, as responsible members of society, we should be supporting the victims of a predator and their parents, who must be living a nightmare, rather than the predator even if he is our (soon to be ex) colleague?
Needless to say, the school administration is conducting a masssive damage limitation exercise........ but apparently the education authority knew he'd had a previous warning, so if and when it gets in to the papers this could get very messy.