Berkeley, CALIFORNIA

Evans was a teacher at Encinal High School in Alameda.
The judge wondered if six years was too light.

Dec 5, 2007 - Eugene Evans, 64, a former teacher and Sea Scout leader, was arrested and accused of molesting four boys during scouting excursions on his boat.

ARRAIGNED Dec 6 - Evans was arraigned on six felony counts of oral copulation with a minor, engaging in substantial sexual acts with a minor, penetration with a foreign object and showing or distributing lewd material to a minor.

Evans is accused of having sexual relations with four boys, ages 13 to 17, aboard the S.S.S. Farallon, the 85-foot ship used for the Sea Scouts program, over the last five years. Police said the investigation was launched on Nov. 14 when a boy and his parents came to Berkeley police with claims that Evans had molested the boy. The boy gave police the names of others he believed could be victims and three of those boys also claimed they were molested by Evans.

Evans taught at Alameda High School for about a decade and then moved to Encinal High where he taught for the remainder of his 31-year career. He taught social studies and retired in June 2004, she said
Full Name: Eugene Austin Evans

GUILTY PLEA Under a plea agreement, Evans pleaded guilty to two counts of child molestation Monday. Numerous other counts of child molestation and showing of pornography to minors was dropped. He will also have to register as a sexual offender He is expected to spend six years in prison when he is sentenced Sept. 14.

SENTENCED September 16 - Evans was sentenced to six years in prison.

As Eugene Austin Evans, 65, of Kensington was led away in handcuffs from an Oakland courtroom, three rows of supporters stood in recognition, apparently refusing to accept his admission minutes earlier that he had been molesting boys on his boat, the SSS Farallon, for 30 years and warning them that "what happens on the boat stays on the boat."

Some of the support, apparently, caused the judge to react.

Judge Morris Jacobson asked Evans in Tuesday's hearing in Alameda County Superior Court if he was guilty of the charges against him, and Evans said, "Yes, your honor." The judge addressed Evans' supporters - many of them former members of the Berkeley Sea Scouts, clad in shirts emblazoned with "Farallon" - and said the evidence contradicted their belief in their mentor's innocence.

The judge said he was "struck by the tenor" of numerous letters written in support of Evans. The writers either excused Evans' behavior or denied it outright and accused prosecutors of disgracing the justice system by presenting a contrived case against him, Jacobson said.

Evans will be a registered sex offender.

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Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson took the unusual step of having Evans admit his long history of sexual abuse on the record in an effort to convince Evans' many supporters that he in fact abused boys and wasn't framed.

There were 20 supporters in the courtroom.

Jacobson said, "I appreciate that Mr. Evans has done some very good things in his 30 years with the Sea Scouts but I noted with some concern about the letters from his supporters which seek to excuse or deny the allegations against him."
The judge said he was so concerned that he asked both Torrence and defense attorney Philip Schnayerson if the proposed six-year sentence for Evans was too light.

TT - These are the same people who would accept any and all charges against Catholic priests, but deny the victims of this man similar justice.