Mon Jan 9, 2023 – 6:42 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The 2022 annual report for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) was released January 1, revealing that more than 600 cases of students groomed by adults within the school system were investigated and closed last year.
The Sexual Allegation Unit (SAU), which was established by the Chicago Board of Education’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in 2018, opened 447 cases of sexual grooming allegations and closed 602 in the past year. Of the cases highlighted in the report, four resulted in criminal charges, eight were classified as “grooming or severe sexual misconduct,” and nine fell under the category “other sexual harassment or sexual misconduct cases.”
Of the 1,384 allegations raised over the past four years, “at least 16 subsequent criminal charges have been filed against CPS-affiliated adults for sex-related crimes by prosecuting agencies.” The SAU investigates “a broad range of sexual misconduct complaints and related allegations involving K-12 school-based staff and students.”
According to the report, published under the leadership of CPS Inspector General Will Fletcher, the type of cases investigated “includes anonymous allegations, those offering minimal details or names, allegations of ‘creepy’ behavior towards students, and
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