Ultimately, the boy left the public school system and went to a private school due to the retaliatory harassment, the lawsuit says. The lawsuit says another teacher scolded him for reporting the abuse. Other students and faculty learned of his complaint, resulting in the boy being taunted and insulted by other students. The matter was reported by his father to the principal and the matter was brought up to the school board but there was no discipline, according to the lawsuit. While the boy was working on earning merit badges towards becoming an Eagle Scout in 1974, Sirotnak kept pressuring him to try got the astronomy merit badge, which could be worked on at night, the lawsuit says, He did not take his teacher up on the offer.Īccording to the complaint, one day when he was the last person in the homeroom Sirotnak came up from behind and put his hands down the student's pants and grabbed his penis, the lawsuit says. Sexual abuse goes publicĪ second student, a 61-year-old man, said Sirotnak sexually abused him in the 1970s at the Round Valley School in Lebanon Township, which was part of the Clinton district. The incident was the boy's first sexual experience and caused him a lifetime of "enormous shame, humiliation, embarrassment, and self-loathing, and/or was extremely confused and conflicted about his sexuality and the role of sex, love, and intimacy in his life," according to the complaint. While he was gathering up supplies, Sirotnak came up from behind and stuck his hands down the boy's pants and underwear and fondled and grabbed his penis and testicles, the lawsuit says, adding that the teacher said, “You’re such a big boy.” One of the lawsuit was filed by a 66-year-old man who now lives in Florida and accuses Sirotnak of grooming and manipulating him in the 1960s at Clinton Middle School.Īccording to the complaint, Sirotnak sent the student when he was 12 into a supply closet.
It was not clear from the lawsuits whether the alleged crimes were ever reported to police or prosecutors but some of the victims said school officials were informed of the accusations. New Jersey 101.5 did not know Wednesday whether Sirotnak had an attorney. Each lawsuit seeks $50 million in punitive damages from the district.
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