{"id":1624238,"date":"2022-08-27T15:33:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T19:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1624238"},"modified":"2022-08-27T15:34:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T19:34:38","slug":"vera-house-apologizes-for-knowingly-hiring-child-sex-offender-to-work-with-sex-assault-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vera-house-apologizes-for-knowingly-hiring-child-sex-offender-to-work-with-sex-assault-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Vera House Apologizes For Knowingly Hiring Child Sex Offender To Work With Sex Assault Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvera-house-apologizes-for-knowingly-hiring-child-sex-offender-to-work-with-sex-assault-victims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1624238&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A nonprofit dedicated to helping survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence apologized for knowingly hiring a registered sex offender to work with victims.<\/p>\n<p>Vera House, located in Syracuse, New York, employed level two registered sex offender Marcus Jackson to work as a victim advocate, CNY Central <a href=\"https:\/\/cnycentral.com\/news\/local\/vera-house-we-apologize-for-hiring-sex-offender-background-check-failed?fbclid=IwAR22_zdgl63HJ5H3utilSkaWKUOT9NkSY1k4JlU303j59T54zeiZ_KcdokI\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0Jackson mutually parted ways with the nonprofit at the beginning of August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did not make staff aware of the facts surrounding Mr. Jackson\u2019s background when he was hired and they had no role in his employment,\u201d Vera House leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verahouse.org\/news\/news-story\/vera-house-co-executive-directors-randi-bregman-and-angela-douglas-and-vera-house-board-of-directors-issue-statement\/\">admitted<\/a> in a statement issued last week. \u201cThat decision was made by two leaders of Vera House\u2019s Advocacy Program and approved by our Executive Director.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson was hired back in October 2020, when Randi Bregman was serving as the only executive director at the time, CNY Central noted. Bregman has confessed to knowing about Jackson\u2019s 2000 conviction for having sexual contact with two boys, ages 15 and 16, and a 2016 conviction for failing to register as a sex offender as required by Florida law.<\/p>\n<p>Vera House was apparently fine with Jackson\u2019s employment, while stipulating that he not work with victims under 18.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJackson was forthcoming about that part of his past,\u201d Vera House admitted. \u201cAs a result of this knowledge, there were safeguard procedures in place to prevent contact with a minor, based on our commitment to protect such a vulnerable population.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A review of his work, though, concluded that Jackson did have contact with at least one minor victim at Vera House last year.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson\u2019s history and employment was uncovered in the press following a complaint from a whistleblower who said the sex offender had contact with victims under 18 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe regret the decision to hire him and are deeply sorry for the pain and confusion this has caused,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cOur staff deserve to work in a safe, transparent environment. They are rightfully proud of the work they do and news about Mr. Jackson\u2019s history distracts from the important services these professionals provide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe apologize to the people we serve every day,\u201d the organization said. \u201cWe will work diligently to earn their trust and serve them in their hour of need. We can and will do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vera House leaders said conversations have been opened up with staff and others involved with the nonprofit, adding that the group will \u201cinitiate a process to increase transparency as we review our hiring, personnel, and governance policies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nonprofit dedicated to helping survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence apologized for knowingly hiring a registered sex offender to work with victims. Vera House, located in Syracuse, New York, employed level two registered sex offender Marcus Jackson to work as a victim advocate, CNY Central reported.\u00a0Jackson mutually parted ways with the nonprofit at &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1624240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1624238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1624238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1624240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1624238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1624238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1624238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}