Crime & Safety

Teacher Charged With Sex Abuse 15 Years Ago

Paul William Chapel of Chatsworth was reinstated after trial ended in hung jury.

A Chatsworth man charged with sexually abusing four children at Telfair Elementary School in Pacoima had been prosecuted 15 years earlier for molesting a young neighbor, Barbara Jones reports in the Daily News. However, he was allowed to return to the classroom after the trial ended in a hung jury, according to documents and interviews by the newspaper.

was also sued for inappropriate sexual comments to a class at the private Chaminade High School, the Daily News reported. There was a $56,000 payout to settle the case.

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