The Children’s Authority employee who was charged with indecent conduct has been suspended and a criminal investigation launched.
In a statement on Monday, stated that any report of abuse even if it involves an employee, will be investigated.
Kevin Duke, 37, of Rockley Vale, Scarborough, appeared before Magistrate Jo-Anne Connor at the Scarborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday where he was granted $80,000 bail with a surety or $10,000 cash alternative.
Duke allegedly showed his private parts to a then 16-year-old boy via social media.
The authority stated, “When the matter of the employee, who was charged today with one count of serious indecency, was brought to the Authority’s attention, the organisation immediately conducted its investigation procedure, which resulted in the suspension of the employee and commencement of criminal investigations by the Child Protection Unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service.”
It added, “The authority assures the public that the organisation continues to demand the highest standard of conduct from all its employees and it remains committed to the protection of the nation’s children.”
The public is reminded that all reports of child abuse should be made to the Police at 999 or the authority at 996.
