Saturday, March 23, 2013

Soccer Coach Kicked Out of Holyoke Catholic High School

"Ex-Mass. soccer coach faces exploitation charge" Associated Press, March 23, 2013

A former girls’ soccer coach at a Roman Catholic high school in Western Massachusetts has been charged with asking an underage girl to pose nude for him over the Internet. Michael Dupont of Chicopee was arrested Thursday on a charge of sexual exploitation of a minor. Federal authorities said they started investigating Dupont, 37, in December when a Vermont woman called police in that state to say her 14-year-old daughter had exchanged inappropriate e-mails with a grown man. Dupont is the former soccer coach at Holyoke Catholic High School. The Springfield Diocese said that his contract ended in November and that he is no longer affiliated with the school."

Also see:

"Former coach gets 20 years for child porn

A former New Hampshire soccer coach has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for persuading teenage boys to send him photos or footage of themselves engaged in sexual acts. Jacob Silva, 28, of Manchester is a former coach with the Express Soccer Club in Concord. He pleaded guilty to one count each of production and possession of child pornography as part of a plea bargain. Prosecutors say a search of his computers revealed numerous images of child pornography. The charges pertain to only one soccer player, but authorities say he communicated inappropriately over the Internet with 22 players between the ages of 14 and 17, often posing as a teenage girl (AP)."