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Former teacher in child sex case back in jail

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

AUBURN - Former school teacher James Raymond was arrested Tuesday, charged with approaching a child at Wal-Mart in violation of bail conditions.

Already facing seven counts of touching children, the former Auburn music teacher was returned to the Androscoggin County Jail. He was charged with violating conditions of release.

An off-duty police detective shopping at Wal-Mart on Sunday reported he had seen Raymond speaking with a child under the age of 16.

With that information, police asked for help from Wal-Mart and were provided with store surveillance video footage. Police said that footage shows the 27-year-old Raymond with a child at the store.

A warrant was obtained and on Tuesday, police went to Raymond's home at 115 Cook St. and arrested him for violating court-imposed conditions.

Since October, Raymond has been forbidden to have contact with children under the age of 18 except for family members. Those conditions were set after Raymond was charged with three counts of unlawful sexual touching and four counts of assault.

He was suspended and later resigned from his job after local police investigated a complaint by a 7-year-old girl at Park Avenue Elementary School, where he was a music teacher. He also taught at East Auburn Community School.

The girl reported to school staff in October that Raymond slid his hand up her skirt and touched her buttocks through her underwear.

According to court records, Raymond told police that he sometimes put his hand up the skirts of young girls in his class, that he had an attraction to female pupils from kindergarten age to third grade.

As the police investigation continued, police said, more victims were identified and more charges were added.

Raymond told police that 95 percent of the time he was satisfied to get a hug from students, but the remaining 5 percent of the time he sometimes failed to control his urges, according to the court documents.

In March, Raymond asked that he be allowed contact with children other than family members if he got written permission from their parents. The request was denied.

The charge for which he was arrested on Tuesday alleges that Raymond had contact with an underage person and that he went to Wal-Mart knowing that children would be there, both in violation of conditions set when he was released from jail.

Raymond was expected to remain at the Androscoggin County Jail until he appears in court again later this week.

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Posted By:Joe at April 30, 2008 5:49 AM (Suggest Removal)
I hope this man is able to get the help he needs.

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Posted By:Fat Tubbo at April 30, 2008 6:10 AM (Suggest Removal)
You can't help a pedophile. There's no cure for the disease except castration.

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Posted By:PAUL at April 30, 2008 6:28 AM (Suggest Removal)
Just keep him in jail he should be getting all the attention he needs there. He is a sick man and is odvious hes getting no better.

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Posted By:fanofnascar at April 30, 2008 6:35 AM (Suggest Removal)
hope he gets the help he needs???? the only help for him is BIG BAD BUBBA!! besides how would you know if he got help? would you want him around your kids to find out?? sick bastard

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Posted By:zoe at April 30, 2008 7:22 AM (Suggest Removal)
Castration, Tubbo? The article states he had been touching girls with his HANDS. I'm all for castration for sex offenders, just for the hell of it, but I totally agree with Paul, life in prison, But I believe it should be a mandatory sentence for a first offense, these creeps never stop at just one victim.

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Posted By:A at April 30, 2008 8:00 AM (Suggest Removal)
If he remains free, every child is a potential victim. Send him to a deserted island.

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Posted By:KayP at April 30, 2008 8:06 AM (Suggest Removal)
At least the PD has been keeping tabs on him, so that no other children will be victimized before his trial. Locking him away sounds easy, too bad it has to cost the taxpayer.

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Posted By:Jen at April 30, 2008 8:14 AM (Suggest Removal)
Why would any parent write a note saying it's ok for their child to have contact with this man? Yes, I believe in innocent before guilty, however, I wouldn't take that chance - not with my daughter!!!

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Posted By:wgme at April 30, 2008 8:28 AM (Suggest Removal)
I have a hard time to believe that he went to walmart because children would be there. Jim hasn't been able to go out of the house! There's children at the grocery store- should he not go to the grocery store? I don't know what happened at walmart, if it was a simple conversation with someone he knew or if it went further and the article doesn't say that, so you don't know either.

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Posted By:Tired at April 30, 2008 8:29 AM (Suggest Removal)
Hey, Lynch Mob, do you really think he went to Walmart with the intention of luring a child into his van with a candy bar? The story is awfully light on details. He was probable getting groceries (he has to eat you know) and a kid came up to say hello. It'd be real interesting to see what that surveillance video really shows. I'm betting the cop was way out of line.

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Posted By:Anonymous at April 30, 2008 8:45 AM (Suggest Removal)
Why even let him around children that are family members? Any child is at risk around him. He is right where he belongs.

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Posted By:HAROLD at April 30, 2008 8:46 AM (Suggest Removal)
Hey tired, when I'm shopping at walmart I don't see kids running up to strangers to say hi. I don't think so. In fact, I think the officer was doing his job right and probably knew the sex offenders restrictions. Good job Officer.

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Posted By:Essence at April 30, 2008 9:07 AM (Suggest Removal)
Just Shoot him, Solves the whole problem! Lucky for him it wasn't one of my Daughter's. Feel really Bad for the Kids involved and their Families!

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Posted By:unknown at April 30, 2008 9:08 AM (Suggest Removal)
how can you people say he is not guilty. He admitted touching little girls. He knows his bail conditions , if the child walked up to him he should have walked away.

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Posted By:Tired at April 30, 2008 9:09 AM (Suggest Removal)
Hey Harold, I bet YOU didn't teach 500 kids a week. And some of them thought he was a wonderful teacher.

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Posted By:wgme at April 30, 2008 9:14 AM (Suggest Removal)
harold- who said he was a stranger to that kid? I'm sure the kid knew him and ran up to say hi...

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Posted By:hmmm at April 30, 2008 9:20 AM (Suggest Removal)
Hey Tired, your betting the cop was way out of line???? This guy ADMITTED to touching children! How much more out of line can HE get!? Why would you even question a cop trying to protect children?? You don't take CHANCES with kids these days, you KEEP THEM SAFE!!!

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Posted By:wgme at April 30, 2008 9:21 AM (Suggest Removal)
unknown- how many people do you walk away from when they say hi to you? do you not say anything back to them? imagine a conversation going like this... "hey mr. raymond, you know how I was working so hard on that musical piece, well I finally got it" something to that and he has to walk away from it? pretend he doesn't see them? could you do it? none of us know, based on the article, the situation at walmart, if he approached or was approached or what was said.

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Posted By:hmmm at April 30, 2008 9:33 AM (Suggest Removal)
Its part of his bail conditions to walk away. I wouldn't walk away, but then again, I'm not out on bail for sexually touching CHILDREN.

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Posted By:Tammy at April 30, 2008 9:43 AM (Suggest Removal)
In light of the charges and the public knowledge around this case I would imagine that children are not just running up to him. He's got a serious problem if he would risk his personal freedom to speak to or interact with any child, whether they are known to him or not.

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Posted By:LIBBY at April 30, 2008 9:50 AM (Suggest Removal)
MY KIDS GO TO AUBURN SCHOOLS AND THIS IS THE FIRST I HEARD OF THIS GUY! I FEEL LIKE A LOOSER FOR NOT KNOWING ANYTHING. DID I MISS THE NOTICE? OR DO I HAVE TO READ THE PAPER EVERYDAY TO SEE WHAT CREEPS ARE TEACHING MY KIDS. BY THEN ITS TO LATE. THAT KID WAS PROBABLY A FORMER STUDENT AND WAS SAYING HI, AND NOT KNOWING WHY HE DOESN'T TEACH ANYMORE. IM NOT DEFENDING THIS GUY, BUT WHAT A SPOT TO BE IN, THINKING OF THE KID, IF HE JUST WALKED AWAY, THE KID WOULD BE BROKEN HEARTED, BUT THEN THIS GUY NEEDS TO ABIDE BY THE LAW TOO. IS HE ON A REGISTRY, CUZ I DIDN'T KNOW THIS CASE WAS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.

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Posted By:JulieL at April 30, 2008 10:11 AM (Suggest Removal)
With a line like," he went to Walmart because he knew children would be there.." I am suddenly very leary of the entire case against this man. Kids do not go to Walmart without their parents, if he were looking for a victim, there are places to go without parents nearby. This is all starting to sound like the Salem witch hunts and many of you are playing along. Why would the police and the SJ reveal such potentially predudicial information prior to the trial? Taint the jury pool? Was his lawyer present? He may be guilty or he may have been approached by a former student who adored him and considering he is the town leper, the kindness caught him off guard and he spoke back...let's allow the courts to do their job and allow this man his day in court without castrating him in the town square. A better story would have been a complete description of the Walmart encounter. Did the child approach Mr. Raymond or did Mr. Raymond approach the child? Do the police have Mr. Raymond's "admissions" on tape? If he is not allowed to have contact with children under 18, how is the man expected to shop, get haircuts, gas, etc? Interesting bail conditions.....why not house arrest?

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Posted By:wgme at April 30, 2008 10:11 AM (Suggest Removal)
mrs- no public registry- he doesn't have to- only class d right now.

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Posted By:just me at April 30, 2008 10:12 AM (Suggest Removal)
It seems to me that if this man really wanted to keep his arse out of jail, he wouldn't have gone where a hundred children are. And if he HAD to do groceries, you'd think the rational thing to do (with his bail conditions) would be to run in the total opposite direction if a child even looked his way. I'd like to say THANK YOU to that off-duty detective, for being on the ball. The children in our community are a little bit safer now because of him.

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Posted By:Tammy at April 30, 2008 10:15 AM (Suggest Removal)
http://www.sunjournal.com/story/236484-3/LewistonAuburn/Teacher_told_cop_of_urges_for_girls/ This is an eralier story from 11/1/07. It was all over the paper at that time.

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Posted By:Tammy at April 30, 2008 10:15 AM (Suggest Removal)
MRS....I'm also surprised and a little concerned that the school sent nothing home alerting the parents of the situation. If I had a child that was his student would want to know so I can make sure my child was not a victm. It seems that he has readily admitted to these allegations from the beginning so it's not even a case of innocent untl proven guilty.

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Posted By:g2bn2wn at April 30, 2008 10:31 AM (Suggest Removal)
Mr. Raymond's behavior is not likely to change and castration will not make a difference. The fact here is that Mr. Raymond violated conditions of bail regardless of circumstances. If Mr. Raymond was once a school teacher he is certainly intelligent enough to know Wal-Mart would be a place with plenty of children. Tempting or otherwise, Mr Raymond knew his actions were in violation of his release and probably thought he would not be seen. I am sure wherever he is he is ogling young girls. If he had simply informed the person that he was not able to have a conversation with them and walked away he would have been okay. He did not. Yes it would be difficult but too bad. Deal with it.

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Posted By:Skip at April 30, 2008 11:09 AM (Suggest Removal)
I can't believe that there are a few of you people who are actually defending this jerk,an admitted pervert who feels little girls legs.He shouldn't even be out in the general public.Lock him away for good or bring back the death penalty.And to those of you who feel he's being picked on,maybe you're hiding something as well.

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Posted By:Blue Eyes at April 30, 2008 11:09 AM (Suggest Removal)
To Julie L...I've been in many different wal-marts and there are kids everywhere....with no adults. I can't count the times I've seen parents walk into with younger kids..and tell them to stay in the toy aisle while they go grab something. That just blows my mind! Then I've helped children that are crying because they can't find they're parents. And I help them by taking them right to customer svc. Only Mr.Raymond knows why he went to Wal-mart...but he also knew his bail conditions...and yes...if the child in fact did walk up to him...then he needed to walk away, plain and simple. And castration won't remove the pedophile thoughts either. It's been proven, years ago. Mr. Raymond is where he should be.

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Posted By:wgme at April 30, 2008 11:32 AM (Suggest Removal)
there is a difference between defending him and giving him the benefit of the doubt since we don't know the full story yet. he has not been found guilty by any courts yet.

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Posted By:Tammy at April 30, 2008 11:43 AM (Suggest Removal)
He has admitted his urges and he was told NOT to interact with children. I personally go to walmart 3-4 times a week. Sometimes I'm in there an hour or more especially if I'm getting my weekly groceries. I have never had a child approach me and I have never seen a child crying becuse they are lost. You could look at video serveillance of the last 10 years at Wal-Mart and you'd see thousands of hours of me walking around but none of me interacting with a child (unless it was my own or the kid was with their parent) I'm not saying it couldn't happen but isn't it a coincidence that it happened to him??

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Posted By:Dawn at April 30, 2008 11:49 AM (Suggest Removal)
THIS GOES TO SHOW THAT ALL SEX OFFENDERS CAN NOT GET BETTER.THEY DO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

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Posted By:Skip at April 30, 2008 12:16 PM (Suggest Removal)
It's in the court records that he told police of his urges and what he had done.That's all I need to know to draw my own conclusions.

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Posted By:Reader at April 30, 2008 12:49 PM (Suggest Removal)
Having not been there to witness the situation, I'm not going to pass judgment on this guy's intentions. With that being said, this guy is well aware of his "court-imposed conditions" and has no excuse to be interacting with children. I have a kindergarten aged daughter and knowing there are sick bastards like this around disgusts me. Lock him up.

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Posted By:black hawk at April 30, 2008 12:49 PM (Suggest Removal)
the guy stated in his own words he could not control his urges. thankyou to the under cover police officer great job.the only thing i can say is maybe this kid may have known him from school and it seems he was well liked with the kids in school but he knew better...........i hope he goes to prison and not in protective custody but goes to state and is in population im sure there are a few that will help him with his urges in there bet they would babysit him very well lololol hope you die in hell sicko

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Posted By:Blue Eyes at April 30, 2008 12:52 PM (Suggest Removal)
Pedophilia is an illness the same as alcoholism. You are never cured and the urges never go away. As with alcoholism, they, along with pedophiles, either learn to fight the urge or they don't. I've never had a child approach me either, at any store. I do interact with them but ONLY if there is a parent or adult with them. And again, I have witnessed children upset when they can't find their parents. To get to my point, a pedophile knows to well how to lure a child or how to get thier attention and to gain their trust. I was abused as a child, so I speak from experience. I strongly believe that there should be something maybe in the form of an assembly for young children, one where the parents must attend. And this assembly should address inappropriate touching of children. Just a thought. Being molested as a child scars a person for life. I fortunately....have learned to be okay as an adult...though I still have some issues that never seem to go away. But I am a survivor. I was never taught about inappropiate touching....it was not talked about when I was a child. It needs to constantly be talked about.

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Posted By:Angela at April 30, 2008 12:57 PM (Suggest Removal)
Everyone needs to eat, yes, but there are other means of getting the food and supplies that he needs. It is called family members, or if he can't find a family member to help him then he can order his groceries online, or if that doesn't work maybe one of you people who think he is innocent should go do his shopping for him. The police officer had every right to arrest him, and he was only arrested after they looked at the wal-mart tapes, so that leaves me to believe that he probably walked up to the kid not vice versa. Just my 2 cents worth.

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Posted By:Bubba at April 30, 2008 1:13 PM (Suggest Removal)
This is just another reason to close all Wal-Marts.

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Posted By:fanofnascar at April 30, 2008 1:21 PM (Suggest Removal)
how can u people defend a man who has admitted to what he has done??? god dam lucky it wasn't MY child!! he doesn't need to go to walmart...his hunger seems to be for CHILDREN!!!!! they don't sell them there!! whats the reason for defending him?? do you do the same thing??

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Posted By:Proud Parent at April 30, 2008 1:27 PM (Suggest Removal)
This guy is sick. He knew there would be children in Wal-Mart. He's said he cant control his urges, he's turned on by children. He needs to be locked up. As a mother....I want & will do anything to protect my children. They are my world. How many children does he need to touch & hurt before he is put away? He's done it a few times, there is no helping him. They need to help the children that he hurt!!!!! I talk to my daughter who is in kindergarten about what is inappropriate touching. I was abused when I was a child as well. So, I talk to her about it b/c I don't want anyone harming her. Pedophiles are everywhere. Just the other day on the news, there was a man in California caught touching a boy in the bathroom while his mom waited outside for him. Luckily, he ran out before more harm could come to him. They looked at the surveillance, the child identified him & he was caught. They just need to all be locked up for good!!!!!

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Posted By:Skip at April 30, 2008 1:30 PM (Suggest Removal)
I don't know who it was that said close all Wal-Marts,but it wasn't this Skip.Someone is somehow using my name.

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Posted By:MyOwnOpinion at April 30, 2008 1:53 PM (Suggest Removal)
A few of points: How much more guilty can you get than a guy who admits to having uncontrollable urges to touch young children? Whether he approached the child or the child approached him is of no concern. His bail conditions plainly state that he is to have no contact with children under 18 except family members (who was the judge who set those conditions? I will get to that in a second) so unless it was a family member he was talking to at Wal-Mart, he violated those conditions and should be arrested. It doesn't matter what his intentions were when he went to Wal-Mart, he is supposed to stay away from children. Part of his bail conditions should be that he can't leave the house until after a certain time, say 11:00 pm. Wal-Mart is open 24 hours is it not? He can do his grocery shopping late at night when there are fewer children there. So back to this judge. Does he or she not know that the biggest percentage of child molestation happens by a family member? So it's okay for him to be around his neices, nephews, cousins etc so he can touch them? That's ridiculous. If I were related to him, I'd keep my children as far away as possible. As parents we have to take responsibility for our own children instead of waiting for someone else to do it. I can't control whether or not James Raymond is in jail or out on bail, I can however control whether my child is left alone at a store or in any situation where he could be victimized.

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Posted By:Skip at April 30, 2008 2:57 PM (Suggest Removal)
I used to shop a lot at Wal-Mart when I could get around.

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Posted By:JulieL at April 30, 2008 4:56 PM (Suggest Removal)
You see lots of kids alone in Walmart? I guess I learned my lesson after reading about John Walsh of America's Most Wanted. His wife went into a department store in the early 80's and allowed her 6 year old son to hang out in the toy section. He was abducted and God know's what else, before he was beheaded. My son is the same age as Adam Walsh and I don't let him out of my sight in public. That being said, I am very suspicious of the police for leaking the alleged confesssion. Not only have they tainted the jury pool, there is reasonable doubt on my end as to the truth behind the "confession." Where is this man's defense attorney? Perhaps he is giving the police enough rope to hang themselves.....let the man have his day in court. And where is the outrage for Lepage who had thousands of pornographic computer images of children being raped and molested? He received 4000 community service hours...

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Posted By:mother at April 30, 2008 5:15 PM (Suggest Removal)
Jim has family that would be more than willing to get his groceries. You first have to admit YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, before you can start to get help. It is one thing to admit what you have done, (that's the easy part), but the hard part is to admit you have the "problem." Jim has always thought he knew what was right, and I do not believe that he has yet admitted to himself he has a problem. I'm very relieved to not read under any comments that the cause of his "sickness" is the death of his father. His father chose the coward way out!! Suicide. I have one question. What has Jim been doing with himself all this time? Has he started some type of therapy? I would like to know the answer. Perhaps Julie L. can tell us. I believe she is a relative of Jim's.

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Posted By:DONALD R at April 30, 2008 5:47 PM (Suggest Removal)
Didn't the feds get involved with this guy too, with child porn on his computer? Are those separate charges pending? BTW, pedophilia is not an "illness", it's a sexual preference just like heterosexuality. There is no effective treatment or "cure".

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Posted By:steve at April 30, 2008 5:56 PM Atta boy Skip. Nothing like a little projection to shame others into silence who might have a different opinion than yours.'>(Suggest Removal)
"And to those of you who feel he's being picked on,maybe you're hiding something as well." Atta boy Skip. Nothing like a little projection to shame others into silence who might have a different opinion than yours.

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Posted By:Joseph at April 30, 2008 5:58 PM (Suggest Removal)
Mother . . . your comment pointed at JulieL was out of line. JulieL makes a good point, if for no other reason than to point out the disparity in our justice system. Regis LePage got a very light sentence in comparison to other criminals who had more than just the book thrown at them. That's not to assume the book throwing isn't deserved. But think on that for a moment. Of course, I'd rather see someone like this stay in jail and out of the community. But a lynching isn't going to help anyone - least of all our children. In the mean time, Raymond is going to jail and LePage gets to stay home. Are our children safe? My guess is just about as good as anybody elses. The answer is Maybe.

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Posted By:DONALD R at April 30, 2008 5:59 PM (Suggest Removal)
BTW, if you read the report HE is stated to have approched the child, NOT the child approaching him.

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Posted By:Joseph at April 30, 2008 6:06 PM (Suggest Removal)
Donald - Pedophilia is considered a "sexual orientation"? Uh . . . err . . . NA, I don't buy that. The difference between a pedophile and anybody else would be mutual consent. You can't possibly have that with an adult and a child. For obvious reasons. Let's just stick to the fact of the matter. It's a crime. Sexual orientation matters very little, if at all.

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Posted By:JulieL at April 30, 2008 6:38 PM (Suggest Removal)
DONALD R, you had the opportunity to read the report? Are you a ploice officer? And mother, you shared with all of us that Mr. Raymonds father committed suicide and your sense of sympathy is impressive. And no, I am not a relative. I am someone who attended catechism as a child and was taught to not throw away even the most vile of souls. Lock them up, remove them from society, but do not salivate in the public square over another families trials and tragedies. I also know many over zealous police/detectives and would 1. want to hear Mr. Raymond admitting his deviant desires on tape, 2. would like to see the video tape from Walmart to see who approached who and for how long and 3. who is the child or children making the accusations. Ever hear of the McManus trials in CA. Kids reported the Directors son buried dead animals in the playground, this went on for years and it was all unfounded. On the flip side, I have a niece who was molested and she testified at 5 years old in a court room and I have never been more proud.....

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Posted By:Skip at April 30, 2008 6:46 PM (Suggest Removal)
No Don,I wasn't trying to shame anyone.Never even gave it a thought.I don't object to other people's opinions and I was only stating mine.I just feel if one is defending a molester there must be reasons that maybe aren't on the up and up.Again that's just my opinion and if you or anyone else is offended then that's too bad.

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Posted By:e. at April 30, 2008 8:01 PM (Suggest Removal)
Just so everyone knows, I defend Jim with my everything. He was an amazing teacher. He inspired a lot of kids to persue music and those kids want to talk to him becasue they miss their teacher. Believe it or not, there are parents that trust him, and kids that love him because he's a good guy. He has issues. Yeah. But so do alchoholics. So do people that smoke cigarettes. So do people with mental retardation. How come they all get help, and Jim gets locked up and called names. He needs help. You people should be ashamed of yourselves. And also, as EVERYONE KEEPS MENTIONING no body knows what happened at WalMart. Probably, it wasn't a kid he didn't know. It was probably a past student saying 'Hi'. He's smarter than getting into a situation like that... Innocent until proven guilty; and so far, he is not guilty of anything except needed a little more help than being locked up and insulted.

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Posted By:DONALD R at April 30, 2008 8:27 PM (Suggest Removal)
Joseph...yes, it is, and trust me I find it as deplorable as you do. My point being, labeling it as a "sickness" or an "illness" somehow legitimizes these perps. In other words, gives the crime an excuse, if you will. JulieL...did you even read the article that states HE APPROACHED THE CHILD?? Good grief..."me thinks thou protest too much". Wallow in denial much?

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Posted By:DONALD R at April 30, 2008 8:37 PM (Suggest Removal)
e., what kind of help are you suggesting? Surely, he could access that kind of "help" on his own, cuz he's not stupid right? Personal responsibility goes a long way...

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Posted By:ojhuig at April 30, 2008 8:58 PM (Suggest Removal)
castration is not a cure for pedophilia. It's about power and control, not sex. the person will still hurt children or anyone vulnerable.

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Posted By:ojhuig at April 30, 2008 8:59 PM (Suggest Removal)
e., how dare you compare a person with retardation to a pedophile. I don't care if he was the world's best teacher. He touches little girls on their bottoms. End of story. How about protecting your children.

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Posted By:e. at April 30, 2008 10:16 PM (Suggest Removal)
In response: I'm not sure I got my thinking out clearly, for which I apoligize. I didn't mean to come across as not caring for children that are abused. Children should be protected. A lot. I'm very serious about protecting kids from sexual abuse. But I think that there are more effective ways of helping people like Jim deal with being a pedophile than shoving them in jail. If they were given a chance to get the help they need ... The issue is, is that being a pedophile is so not acceptable, that they can't get help. That isn't fair. That's what I meant. Apoligies if I offended you 'ojhuig'.

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Posted By:Keith at April 30, 2008 10:26 PM (Suggest Removal)
There is one big flaw in comparing pedophilia to alcoholism, cigarette's or no nevermind the third one was so dumb I won't even repeat it, but I digress, the biggest difference is that one is illegal! And for that he should be going to jail. If he was smart enough to not get in a situation like that, well he did get in a situation like that, because he didn't say "I can't be near you." Remember he also asked the court's permission to hang out with minors just a month or so ago. He obviously has no idea of the severity of his actions, if he is asking the courts permission to allow him to continue his actions.

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Posted By:just me at April 30, 2008 10:52 PM (Suggest Removal)
Well said, Keith. My thoughts exactly.

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Posted By:ojhuig at April 30, 2008 11:39 PM (Suggest Removal)
They do get help. There is a sex offender in my family who did time in jail several years ago. He still goes to counseling weekly, but he knows it will not help his urges. There simply is no treatment for pedophilia. His counseling is to support him in actively maintaining the lifestyle of staying away from children. It's a lot of work and he gets help for that. So don't act like there is treatment out there for pedophiles and they're not getting it. And the rest of you, you're just as bad as e., pretending that taking out your little violent fantasies on a perp would make the problem go away.

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Posted By:Huh at May 1, 2008 12:57 AM (Suggest Removal)
LOL Pedophilia a disease...right, and for the record alcoholism isn't either... now Cancer, Cancer is a disease. Tired, it's pretty "special" for you to jump on the officer for noticing him violating his bail conditions, especially since the perve didn't have to agree to them, he could have just stayed in jail. and MRs. he will have to register once he's convicted, but it will only be for 10 years because the crime he committed is class D, had it been a felony, he would be required to register for his entire life.

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Posted By:dr. dosh at May 1, 2008 4:40 AM *'>(Suggest Removal)
HMmmm .. whelp .. http://sor.informe.org/cgi-bin/sor/step1.pl?DL=GO is a mighty fine resource . btw - the road to Hades is paved with good intentions . Answer to cancer ? i dunno ' i do know that ≠ 47% of Women have been sexually abused at some point in their life . Alo'ha (=>*

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Posted By:CJM at May 1, 2008 4:57 PM (Suggest Removal)
As a woman who was a child who was sexually abused, I really can't feel all that much sympathy for Jim, and I know him personally and liked him before I knew. Now, I'd probably have a hard time looking at him. He did admit to having a problem and being aware of it and supposedly controlling 95% of the time. But did he try to get help for himself? I'm not convinced one way or the other that therapy helps or doesn't, since everyone is different. I do know that he originally tried to get a different assignment at the schools, with older children. But if he has this urge, mightn't he still try to have access to the younger girls that he's attracted to? Who knows? That was his attempt to distance himself, I guess. I'm not sure what the answer is. The desert island sounds good to me.

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Posted By:just me at May 1, 2008 5:25 PM (Suggest Removal)
Has anyone read the update on this story (posted today)? Raymond might possibly be bailed, even after violating the original conditions of his release. Huh?!?

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Posted By:dr. dosh at May 1, 2008 10:35 PM *'>(Suggest Removal)
..lol . Desert islands have problems , also . Our problem here on Hawai'i is abandoned children who do not even know who their parents are . Feral children , as it were.. Alo'ha ..)=>*

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