May 7, 2008 - Daniel Callan, 25, a first year fifth-grade teach
er at St. Bernadette School, was arrested Tuesday, for accused of using conversations about sex in the fifth-grade classroom to groom a student for sexual encounters.
Callan was charged with two counts of indecent exposure, causing a child to view sexual activity and first-degree sexual assault of a child.
According to the criminal complaint, a boy told Callan he didn't know what sex was, and the incidents happened when the teacher met with the boy after class several times, most recently on Monday.
The school sent an email Wednesday morning about the case.
Full Name: Daniel L. Callan
May 8 - The criminal complaint says Callan exposed himself to students in his classroom and then touched the boy in a school bathroom. It says Callan escalated his behavior first by talking about sex with the boy, then by exposing himself, then by inappropriately touching the child.
According to the criminal complaint, Callan confessed and said he "felt terrible about what happened."
CONTINUED TO TEACH May 8 - WBAY alleges that Callan continued to teach and was not removed from the classroom even after the police investigation began. Callan was allowed to teach on Tuesday after the school system was notified of the allegations. The station wonders why "no one else reported the alleged sexual comments to another teacher or the principal." [They didn't put quotes around "alleged" but
TT - How about because grooming a child means singling out children based on their particular vulnerability and only after carefully weighing the chances of being caught? Pedophiles discuss such techinques in chatrooms on the Internet. Part of the excitement is the act of seduction because it is sly and cunning and a lot of the thrill is the intense power the abuser experiences with success. Fifth graders aren't quite clued into that kind of perversity.
May 15 - Callan may have worked in dozens of schools in northeastern Wisconsin schools over the past five years. WBAY- TV reported that a victim helped police get incriminating statements from the defendant.
The complaint says during the call the boy said "that he was sick and upset by what happened the day before, and that Callan said he was sorry for what happened."TRIAL SCHEDULED May 29 - An Appleton investigator who says Daniel Callan admitted to sexually assaulting a student took the stand at Callan's hearing Thursday. Callan will be back in court in July.
According to the complaint the boy also said "that he was going to tell his mom what happened" and Callan asked the boy "if they could just forget about what happened, and that he would get fired if (the boy) told others what happened."
Callan also stated "that he could be arrested for what happened."
NO CHARGES IN WINNEGAGO COUNTY June 10 - Callan will not face additional criminal charges in Winnebago County. The Winnebago County district attorney's office tells Action 2 News it won't file charges against Callan in their county, but that the case will be handled in conjunction with the other charges in Outagamie County.
