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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
I work for a government agency (a quick google search, or a search here for that matter, would reveal which one). We found out that someone at the agency has been arrested, and plead guilty, to putting his hands down the pants of a five year old and fondling her genitals. Twice.
The judge sentence the man to 90 days in jail (to be served on weekends) & 15 months house arrest during which he is only allowed to leave his home to go to work.
Now, I never met the man, but I know several people who work in his area and they don't want this man back. They most certainly don't want to be working side-by-side with a child molester. However, some "councilors" met today with these workers and were told that the man has every right to come back to work, the judge made it clear that he gave the man a light sentence so that he could earn a living for his children and that the man would not be reprimanded at work for his actions outside work. These "councilors" made it clear that should anyone be found insulting, harassing or threatening the man, that it would be they, not the child molester, that would be reprimanded.
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Ok, I pseudo-understand that they guy is going to pay for his crime by going to jail and being put under house arrest. Debt to society and all that. But I definitely understand those that say that they would not want to work around this guy. Apparently, if you don't want to work with a child molester, the only thing to do is quit.
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What he did was certainly no mistake, and he's probably some mentally messed individual. However, even though you don't know him, what is this guy's personality like? The reason I ask is this...sometimes people do really bad things, and unless he's the type of person to recommit the same thing against one of your coworkers, why is everyone shunning him? I know it's one thing to be there and one thing to be talking from across the country, but unless this guy is a rapist waiting to pounce or he's simply just creepy, give the guy a chance. I'm sure he was a "good guy" before everyone found out about this, and it makes people disgusted now, but if he's really sorry for what he's done and he does have to earn money to support his kids, would you want to hurt his kids by causing their pop to lose his job? I guess at the end of the day, the sad part is, if you run him off the job, his kids will be affected.
If he doesn't have kids, run the guy out!