Kenneth Lang
Posted by: Webmaster in Band/Music, Elementary Schools, ME-MV, Massachusetts, New Hampshire(8/03/07 - Initial BBT Report)
Kenneth Lang, 60, a former teacher at D. J. Bakie Elementary School, in Kingston, New Hampshire has been indicted on 13 counts of sexual assault alleged to have occurred between 1983 and 1986 in Hampton, New Hampsire.
In May of this year, Lang was indicted on 15 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault by a Rockingham County grand jury. Apparently the new indictment replaces that from May.
Lang, already faces three counts of rape of a child involving the same victim in Essex County Superior Court in Massachusetts with those alleged crimes being committed between July 1978 when the boy was 7-years-old and May 1987, when the boy was 16-years-old with the alleged offenses occurring in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
All charges in Massachusetts and New Hampshire allege the same victim, now 36-years-old.
Lang was friends with the boy’s family and allegedly began the assaults on or around July 1, 1978 by sneaking into the boy’s room and fondling him. The sexual abuse allegedly escalated from that point, continuing for years in both states as well as on trips to other locations during which the boy accompanied Lang.
The alleged victim told his parents of the abuse in September, 2006 saying he “felt robbed of his childhood,” and he “came forward because he didn’t want this to happen to other kids.” Reportedly he told his sister of the abuse years previously.
10/30/07 - Guilty Plea
Kenneth Lang has pleaded guilty to molesting a boy in Hampton, New Hampsire between 1983 and 1986.
As a result of his guilty plea, Lang will spend between 7.5 and 15 years in New Hampshire state prison.
Yesterday, Lang’s victim said, “My intention in coming forward was to keep Ken from hurting others.“.
He said he finally disclosed the years of abuse in 2006 because he learned that Lang was teaching music at D.J. Bakie Elementary School in Kingston, where he worked for 13 years.
Lang is facing similar charges for the sexual abuse of the same victim in Essex County Superior Court in Massachusetts where he is set for trial next month.
References:
Former music teacher pleads to sex assault (10/30/07)
Teacher indicted on 13 counts of sexual assault (8/03/07)
Background:
Former elementary school teacher faces sex charges (5/18/07)
Court papers say teacher raped boy, 7 (10/13/06)
Kingston teacher charged with child rape (9/15/06) (Via Google Archives)
Elementary School Music Teacher Arrested On Rape Charge (9/14/06)
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