Ashtabula County prosecutor investigates YMCA executive for alleged sex crimes
ASHTABULA COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) – 19 News has figured out prosecutors have introduced a felony investigation into a YMCA executive accused of sexually abusing a teenager.
On Friday, the Ashtabula County Prosecutor claimed her office experienced launched a legal investigation into the YMCA executive.
She said they are reviewing the facts of the circumstance and the moment they wrap up the investigation, they’ll come to a decision if they’ll file prices.
“I certainly truly feel some reduction,” explained Megan Brydle, the former YMCA membership director. “I think that Manny feels relief. I never sense like he is you know out of the woods pretty still with it. I imagine all we can do now is just actually pray that the prosecutor does some do the job and finds justice in all of it.”
We are however not naming this gentleman because he hasn’t been charged nonetheless, but he has a large-position position at the Ashtabula YMCA.
Manny, now 20-years-old, stated when he was 17 and homeless, he satisfied this YMCA govt.
This YMCA staff who was additional than 2 times Manny’s age provided to allow him move in, with out many solutions, Manny acknowledged.
“He was focused,” Brydle stated. “He was someone who was homeless. He was another person who had no family to drop back again on, the instructional qualifications and he was taken gain of.”
Manny said he felt pressured to have interaction in sexual activity with the YMCA govt for the reason that he was supplying him a put to remain, and he was managing his dollars.
“I felt like I had to do what I experienced to do in order to keep there,” Manny admitted.
Megan Brydle is the previous YMCA membership director and a person of the initial men and women Manny came to.
“I wouldn’t want this on anybody,” said Brydle. “Manny becoming 17 a long time previous, it’s challenging for a kid to come out and you know say that a thing like this sexual abuse took place to them and all of the little ones I imagine of them as a motherly figure and just to hear a thing like that is gut-wrenching. To know it happened is gut-wrenching.”
Brydle said when practically nothing was accomplished, she sooner or later stop her task at the YMCA. Past month Manny filed a law enforcement report and now the prosecutor’s office environment is investigating.
Brydle thinks there may possibly have been other victims and she’s hoping they’ll appear forward.
“I can only pray that they enjoy the information, that they see Manny coming forward, that that sheds some light for them, and that they sense empowered to arrive forward simply because it is not easy, I could not even consider,” reported Brydle. “So, I just pray that if they hear this, if they converse to Manny, if they’re questioned by police that they truly do share their story for the reason that it’s so crucial to safeguard young children.”
19 Information arrived at out to the YMCA board president Friday to inquire him how he felt about the prosecutor opening an investigation.
The previous time we spoke he advised us the govt was place on compensated administrative leave, but that they already performed an investigation and did not believe that any YMCA policies were violated.
So significantly, he has not termed us back.
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