Bad Love

In 1995, the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut defrocked Bruce Jacques for propositioning a 13 year-old boy. He allegedly offered the boy a blow job as a "confirmation gift"; when the story came out, he was defrocked and the church settled with the boy's family out of court.

In 2003, Jacques was hired as a fundraiser for the Robert Louis Stevenson School, a private school in Manhattan for underachieving students, many of whom seem to have a history of behavior problems. Troubled kids who have been rejected by many other authority figures and are searching for acceptance? A child molester's dream! A 13 year-old student at the school has just accused Jacques of molesting him in Central Park. It seems the school administrators never checked with the diocese about what prompted his career change.

Jacques has taken off since the cops were notified about the student's claim, and is now on the run.

[NY Post story]