Three School Leaders Charged for Failing to Report Suspected Sexual Abuse of Child by Teacher

Former Prairie Middle School teacher Brian Vasquez was charged in August last year for sexually abusing multiple girls between 2013 and 2017. Aurora Police Department

A 14-year-old Colorado student who told school leaders she had been sexually assaulted by a teacher was suspended, and forced to apologize to the accused teacher and hug him, according to a Wednesday, Jan. 10 indictment.

The school leaders, named as Principal David Gonzales, Vice Principal Adrienne “AJ” MacIntosh, and counselor Cheryl Somers-Wegienka, are facing a misdemeanor charge of failure to report child abuse or neglect.