Ex-Child Services Official Accused Of Raping Daughters Is Indicted
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The former child welfare supervisor accused of raping and sexually abusing his two daughters has been indicted by a grand jury, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said.
The prosecutor’s office filed a “certificate of grand jury action” yesterday, indicating the case will be presented to a Supreme Court jury, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office said. An order of protection was also extended for the defendant’s alleged victims, including two of his daughters and a girl reported to be the daughter of the defendant’s girlfriend, also a child welfare worker.
The 41-year-old man, whose name was not released to protect his victims, had worked for the city’s embattled Administration for Children’s Services until his arrest January 27, when one of his daughters went to an East Harlem police precinct to report years of alleged abuse. The defendant’s next court appearance is scheduled for March 21, when specific felony charges against him will be released at his arraignment.
According to the original criminal complaint against him, the defendant confirmed for police the allegations of rape, sexual abuse, and sexual assault. Offering an itemized list of offenses, the complaint says the abuse took place in his home over the course of more than 10 years. In one specific charge, the defendant allegedly took sexually graphic pictures of his daughter in 1993, when she was 13.
A call to the defendant’s lawyer yesterday was not answered.
The arrest of the employee dealt another blow to the city’s child welfare agency, which has been under scrutiny because of the deaths of a number of children under its supervision. Last week, another ACS worker, Sharon Bines, 46, was arrested on charges that she slapped her own 7-year-old daughter on the face.
Yesterday, the agency declined to comment on the grand jury’s decision to indict the former supervisor. In a statement the day of his arrest, ACS announced it had taken action immediately and suspended the defendant, who had been an employee for 10 years. The agency also noted that his most recent job was administrative, working in the Division of Family Permanency Services, where he trained prospective foster and adoptive parents.
