Sex Offender in school

[LIVIA999]

I have found out that a parent at School is a Sex Offender. He was convicted and is on the US sex offenders site so all the information is there to see including his personal details and the conviction stating that he was found guilty of sexual assault of a child. It doesn't say whether the child was male or female or any details only that it was a child and he was guilty.

This was back in the early 2000's. The US system, to my knowledge, means that once you are on the website you don't come off. It shows that he is out of state and obviously since that conviction he has moved to UK, married and had some children.

I know that anyone could be a sex offender and that you wouldn't know but now I know I can't stop thinking about the information. I was at an assembly last week and he was sat with another child on his lap. I'm not saying he is going to abuse them but they do say that often abusers are people you know and this family are obviously friends with him.

Also he has his own children-I honestly was under the impression that once you were convicted of a sexual crime against children that you wouldn't be allowed to spend time around children. Your own or others especially unsupervised. Am I wrong in this information?

I know that when my friend found the information she sent it into the school and obviously I am not expecting there to be an announcement or anything I genuinely just wanted to know what are the laws regarding sex offenders being around children.

Is there a time limit where they can be deemed as not being a threat anymore?

I know this will be a massively unpopular approach but if it was me - our school has an email database of all parents contact details, I'd be setting up a new (anon) email account and emailing a link to the website with the incriminating information to every parent's email I could get my hands on with a request to pass it on. He is a deviant sexual predator and I would want everyone to know it.

Here’s my question; sex offender gets a chance to escape his past (dual citizen, move from us to uk). But keeps his name? Surely you would start using your middle name at least?

@stopfuckingshoutingatme

The local police station can't and won't do anything based on information from a parent in the playground. Even if she presented the web page, what are they going to do? He's in the country legally.

Really ? Are you sure on that ? I ask from curiosity not to be combative

OP this link is interesting and could be a place to report your concerns
crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/give-information-online/

At the very least I would speak to the principal so they know you are concerned, perhaps it is nothing, but what if something comes to light and you haven't spoken up, I'd feel guilty.

For the record, US sexual offenders registries nearly always include one if not multiple photographs of the offender and often give quite detailed identifying information, so should have been quite easy for the op to figure out it was him unless his appearance has changed drastically in 10 years time.

LIVIA999
first page on google actually-there was no digging around. With a picture of him. She clicked the link which took them to a sex offenders site.

What type of site? An official US Gov site or a vigilante one that got a paediatrician killed in this country?

And if it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity surfnterf would you beauty knowing that you'd ruined an innocent person's life along with those of their partner and children? Someone local to me was wrongfully suspected of being a child sex offender, he was hounded out of the area but not before all of his windows were put through multiple times, his car vandalised, his children excluded from parties and play dates and spat on in the street, his wife followed home from work and threatened.

It's not up to you or anybody to be making details public in cases like this, particularly when there is no concrete proof or confirmation from the authorities.

*beauty = be happy

If OP believes the website to be a genuine one what harm is there reporting it crimstoppers

if it’s true he DOES need to be registered here

If it’s bit true no harm done

Reporting to parents is malicious
Reporting to the authorities is not

Clearly no one actually knows the legalities here .

Certain States have official (police) sites where the offence and picture of convicted offenders are there for all to see. I presume the site was sent to the school so they can see for themselves.

Do not send it to all the parents. The school have been informed and will take it forward as they see fit. You have a duty to your children and can ensure their safety. Just leave it now.

The US sex offender list can be very OTT... sometimes people have been put on it for life for sending a naked picture of themselves when they're underage, or even urinating in public.

Evidently, a little more than that happened here, but for all you know it could have been consensual sex with someone just under age of consent (and you don't know whether he knew their real age or not) when he was a year or two older, but he got done when the parents found out. There have been people who've been on the list for life for things like this. And you don't know which this father is, but it might say something that he is clearly allowed contact with children.

What website did you find this information out from? Websites like homefacts are not always reliable.
Other than that you have passed the info to the school they will check it out and do what they need to.

Whoever mentioned reporting it to the LADO is talking rubbish.

The LADO do not deal with parents who do not hold a position of trust.

This man is just a parent.

This thread just shows for many how a little knowledge is dangerous.

Inform the school and leave it there.
FFS !

I would be very interested to see how many posters would respond if it was a parent in their child’s school and they had seen him with another child on his lap.
It would make me very uncomfortable to witness and I wouldn’t be happy to allow a convicted sex offender be on site with other people’s children.

Has this parent been seen with a child on his lap ?

Not sure how it stands in the states but in UK an adult can be in sex offenders from a period of 2 yrs to life.

Offences ranging from viewing indecent images to rape.

Once off the offenders register whether you like it or not they have a right to privacy UNLESS they are deemed a high risk when police will make a relevant disclosure. In a case like this this may be to the school.

Look up MAPPA

Its interesting how so many people err on the side of innocence

Whilst I don’t agree with spreading gossip there is no harm in informing the relevant authorities - as if it’s false they they won’t follow up

One of our US colleagues was on a website for crimes . And they were true ! Go figure

Report to the right authority.

Don't take matters into own hands by sending possible malicious emails.

Whatever he may have done (allegedly) his own children need safeguarding.