Another L.A. scandal

Today's Los Angeles Times reports (click on this post's title) that John Joseph Malburg, 37, a former dean of students at Daniel Murphy High School who was fired in July, has been charged with 12 counts of child sexual abuse, lewd acts and making a videotape of a minor committing sex acts. The charges involve the alleged molestation of four boys.

Malburg has pleaded not guilty.

The Times story says:

"The Archdiocese of Los Angeles learned about the sex abuse inquiry sometime before Malburg was fired in July but did not notify parents at the Fairfax-area school, spokesman Tod M. Tamberg said. Tamberg said the district attorney's office asked the archdiocese to keep the matter confidential. Jane Robison, a district attorney's spokeswoman, could not confirm that. 'The school has been cooperating fully,' Tamberg said. He said there had been no earlier complaints against Malburg, who joined Daniel Murphy in 1997."