True. I didn't. Although I am not one of the posters "hurling abuse". The fact is though, that this man has been convicted and parents are quite rightly up in arms about him having any access to children. I know he was convicted and deported - not to be taken lightly. I know the person involved was in his teens. However I do not KNOW the circumstances surrounding the incident or indeed the true motives of either party and for that reason I am out of this debate. Who can ever be truly sure? We must just do our best as parents to make our own decisions and trust our instinct. -- For the love of the dance

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Date Posted: Mon, Sep 24 2007, 10:52:14
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Subject: True. I didn't. Although I am not one of the posters "hurling abuse". The fact is though, that this man has been convicted and parents are quite rightly up in arms about him having any access to children. I know he was convicted and deported - not to be taken lightly. I know the person involved was in his teens. However I do not KNOW the circumstances surrounding the incident or indeed the true motives of either party and for that reason I am out of this debate. Who can ever be truly sure? We must just do our best as parents to make our own decisions and trust our instinct.
In reply to: MOD 's message, "As requested by several people I have removed a post regarding exams being held by the WIDA, as it appears the head of this organisation was convicted in the USA of child abuse. I wanted the post to stay initially as I know there have been people who had considered this organisation and untill they saw the information posted on here did not know of the history of the head of WIDA. Inside are all the replies that were recieved at the time." on Sun, Sep 16 2007, 19:37:30

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Sean Gavan Head Of WIDA -- L Jackson (He should step down.), Wed, Oct 14 2009, 17:40:24 [1]

Sean Gavan was indeed convicted and spent time in jail for his crimes. He was also given 5yrs probation in 2003. He was deported from the USA had he remained he would have been required to register on the SEX OFFENDERS registery and report to his local Police or Sheriff's Office his name photo and address would have been made public and he would have probably been considered at the highest level and never allowed to work with or be with a child again... Irish News and the Scottish Times plus other local papers in the UK reported his arrest and conviction along with his sentence and finally his deportation. However in the UK it appears that he has slipped under the radar and has and continues to work with children. Statistic show that these offenders often repeat the offense and so all children are at risk.. He should be banned from Teaching our children and although I can accept that he does a great job teaching he is still a risk to our childrens safety.. What would everyones feeling be if it had been their child...? WIDA is an Excellent Organisation and should be allowed to continue it's great works, However Sean Gavan needs to step down with no further involvement with the organisation at all and someone else replace him so that the organisation can continue it valuable donation to Irish Dance.

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