The opinions and viewpoints of the guest author are entirely his own.
By Scully Wilson
Before he destroyed his life, Andrew Park, 33, was a fifth-grade teacher and coached the girls’ basketball team at Strawberry Hill Elementary School in Stamford, CT. It took him five years to ruin his life, and he will probably end up in prison, maybe for life. He was with the school since 2019.
He was relieved of duties in February after a girl at the school was questioned by her teacher for being late for class. Police got involved, and with the girl’s help found 11 other girls, ages 11-13, who described in nearly identical language what Park had done to them. Park, a Korean American, was later charged with 12 felony counts of fourth-degree sexual assault and 12 counts of risk of injury to a minor.
Frank Rodriguez, the principal at Strawberry Hill, sent an email to let parents know that Park is guilty of causing harm not only to the girls but to many.
Rodriguez wrote:
“We will continue to work every day to support our students and help our community heal.”
The healing will be aided with recompense, as the parents of every child will sue, and the school district will settle quickly once Park is convicted. The crimes were on school property, which is an excellent thing, as Park, as a young teacher, with modest assets, does not have enough to pay 12 families and their attorneys to heal their pain. The cost will instead be spread among the district’s taxpayers.
A Better Language
Some morbidly curious readers want to know what Park did to the girls. All you need to know is that the girls said it. The police charged him. The media reported it, and the school principal assures parents of Park’s guilt pre-trial. There is only one thing left to know: How many years will the judge sentence Park when he is convicted?
Sexual Assault in the Fourth Degree (C.G.S. 53a-73a) is a felony when the victim is under 16, and the offender is more than three years older than the victim. The potential prison term is one to five years. With 12 counts, Park can be sentenced from 12 to 60 years.
To satisfy busybodies that infest this site, I will describe Park’s crimes. I will not call them “alleged,” for though he has not gone to trial, Park is already guilty by the nature of the charges. There may be some corner in America where the quaint old common law tradition that a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty still stands. But not sex crimes. The presumption of innocence must be ejected. The notion of a trial offends us. A trial would force these children to get on the witness stand and relive their abuse in the presence of their abuser.
We have even evolved our language to ensure the presumption of guilt. We no longer call those who accuse “accusers,” which could imply doubt of the defendant’s guilt. They are “victims,” but even that it is not the word of the future. They are “Brave Survivors” (BS). A victim implies weakness, a survivor is brave for what she discloses.
What Did He Do?
Returning to Andrew Park and BS 1 ,who told her teacher she was late because she was trying to avoid Park in the hallway, she went from committing a minor infraction to being a victim. When she told her teacher Park made her uncomfortable, she became a brave survivor. She told all: she said Park offered her candy and hugged her. She did not want to be hugged. But DCF declined to investigate when notified of this on Feb. 9.
The mother of BS 1 repeatedly called DCF. On Feb. 12, she told DCF that Park had done more than just give BS 1 hugs and candy. He refused to give her candy, because she would not hug him. DCF began an investigation. Park was placed on leave that day.
BS 1 told DCF investigators her story, and several of her girlfriends said Park had hugged them and gave them candy too. The girls said Park made them uncomfortable with his hugs, and some said while hugging them he might have kissed them. The DCF notified police.
At some point, it is unclear when, BS 1 and her friends realized that when Park hugged them, he put his hand on their “buttocks.” They did not say he put his hand under their clothes or showed signs of arousal – although they might be too young to know. No one alleged he did more (although we should give the girls time to remember more than hugs and candy, denial of candy without a hug, kisses and touching buttocks).
But why is it necessary? If Park gets 60 years, he will never touch another girl’s buttocks again. Still, it is hoped that the brave survivors will remember more. It will inure to their benefit, both in terms of their bravery and the amount of compensation they will receive.
Intent
In Connecticut, Sexual Assault in the Fourth Degree requires “intent” on the part of the accused. Park must have had a sexual intent when he hugged or made contact with the girls, or it is not a crime.
Did Park have a lascivious intent? Is he a lubricious, perverted, deviant dog looking to cop feels of little girls he taught or coached for his sexual gratification by handing them candy and bringing them closer? Or was he a fool, unaware of the world as it is today? He might have grown up in some incredibly rustic community, where he thought hugs might mean affection and nothing more. That a teacher could hug a child without having the slightest sexual intention. He may have grown up with too many hugs or not enough of them. He may not have been grooming them. Of course, he fell into the old trope of the groomer-pervert, a stranger who offers little kids candy. But he was no stranger. Everyone in school knew him. He did his hugging in plain sight, and offered candy. It is not alleged that he took them to his home or car. It is not alleged that he exposed himself, undressed them, or digitally penetrated them.
He might have been so enormously stupid that he was unaware that a teacher cannot hug a student and not ruin his life.
He Has/Had a Child
Before arresting him, Stamford Police raided his apartment in Norwalk, CT. After he was arrested, the court set the bond at $175,000 and ordered him to have no contact with any minors except his own child.
Because of his actions, that child no longer has a father. And because the names of the accused are not anonymous unlike the victims, Park’s child will endure disgrace and pressure to renounce him. Schoolmates already know and will taunt. The child might be reduced like Maupassant’s character in “A Piece of String” to replying, “It was only a hug.”
The Home He Once Had
Andrew Park lived at this apartment building. He has no chance at a trial, so he will soon be leaving this for prison.
One cannot tell if someone is a pervert by looking at his home. But here are some photos.
He will no longer have a home with his child.
Stamford Public Schools Decrees Guilt
Officials with Stamford Public Schools moved quickly to ensure Park is convicted before trial. In a statement school officials clumsily pronounced him guilty, using the word “alleged” in contradiction to the word “commends.”
“Stamford Public Schools commends those who came forward about this individual’s alleged behavior and also commends school staff for their response.”
Too Late to Turn Back Now
A factor to keep in mind is that police raided Park’s apartment and undoubtedly took his computer, phones and other items. It is well known in law enforcement that pedophiles invariably have child porn on their computers. It is not known if police have inspected his electronic devices yet. But if they find child porn, there will be more charges. If they do not, it might point to possible innocence. But that is not something we are concerned with. If the girls were wrong and Park was just a fool, it is too late. He must go to prison.
Can you imagine the harm that would be done to the girls if a hug was only a hug and candy was only candy? They would not be brave survivors; they would not be victims. They would not get their college education paid for through a lawsuit. They would be little girls that misread a gentle teacher’s intentions and destroyed his life. I do not know if Park is innocent or guilty, and it does not matter.
Without Park going to prison, the community will never heal.
Frank Parlato 
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April 15, 2024 … “No stranger to the court system, Charnas worked as a temporary paralegal for the Connecticut Judicial Branch in New Haven County Court from March 2018 to June 2019 before resigning, a court spokesperson confirmed to Daily Voice.”
April 26, 2024 … “According to police, the charges stem from an incident on April 8, when officers were called to the Wells Fargo bank on Chapel Street. Employees said that just after 9 a.m., a customer had completed her transaction when a man in all black clothing, a mask and gloves grabbed her, held her in a headlock and pushed her back toward the bank counter, police said.”
The Biden/Harris administration is dead set on annihilating women’s rights. DC CEO James Gunn revealed his new Supergirl movie will actually be a man.
A transgender woman.
A man who used big pharma drugs and extensive surgery to cut off his penis and testicles and destroy his reproductive system, who is obviously innately physically stronger than a natural biological woman.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/106200-bidens-title-ix-revisions-erase-women-2024-04-23
Now because of the Biden corporation women will not be allowed privacy in women’s bathrooms and lockers! They will be forced to be in small private spaces with naked men, men who just have a “ identify “ themselves as a man in order to qualify!
Men will be allowed to compete with women in sports to get scholarships at universities.
This is just the beginning!
This is going to affect every single aspect of our lives. Forget about family court. It’s a wrap.
Don’t vote for Biden.
Absolutely. Get rid of Biden!!!!!!!!!
Biden is a front. These Democrats are ruining the country. Identify as you wish. It’s your right. Don’t infringe on the rights of others. The Biden administration is using the transgender community. There has to be a reason why? The adult transgender community absolutely should be able to identify as they wish. Changing the entire structure of the country to accomode a group is kind suspect. Biden and the party have driven the country in to financial ruin and implemented some questionable things. It’s time to make the country great again. Trumps going to win and the Democrats are going to go Bananas.
NAACP Bridgeport demands Stratford CT superident be placed back on the job. The superintendent was arrested for a domestic dispute ( DV ) linguistics. The prosecutor office dropped the charges. Perhaps they would face complaints of aggressive prosecution. A public health crisis, or is the entire state in crisis. It’s who you know or can pay in Connecticut. April 19 news
No due process. The school is publicly apologizing and “healing” the community. Convicted once again by statements from people who should shut their mouths and allow for due process.
He just needs money to buy his way out. It’s all about money here in the blue blood state of Corrupticut where there are no sheriffs 😂 The legislature decided to give their power to the court Marshalls who are flying moneys for the judges.
We still have the witch hunt mindset here in CT, where the accused are guilty.
Scarlet letters abound
Who decided to get rid of sheriffs in Connecticut?
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/warrant-sexual-assault-allegations-stamford-teacher/3260979/
Sounds creepy. I’d like to see any of this caught of school video or surveillance cameras. Or by videos taken by the victims to prove their allegations.
Andrew Park is most likely guilty.?
No normal grown man wants to teach a bunch of little kids.
I know some female grade school teachers and they all say the same thing, “men who teach grade school are all creepy. Think about it what type of man wants to hangout with 5th graders?”
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Good men who want to hang out with 5th graders know 5th graders — and all other children and teenagers — need good teachers, good coaches who are good and great male role models.
Most teachers get into teaching because they want to teach. And because they want to have a positive impact on kids. And to make money to pay bills. And to have summers and Christmas break off to spend time with their own families. They also don’t go to college to become a 5th grade teacher. The job offer they get usually determines what grade they end up teaching. Could be 5th grade, Kindergarten or 12th grade Language Arts.
Not to say that your opinion isn’t important. Opinions like yours are part of the reason candy boy is in his current hell. And it’s part of the reason society has a shortage of good teachers. Why would a man go into teaching knowing he’ll have to deal with raised eyebrows his entire life?
Connecticut is a Destination for Pedophiles.
The state is declaring MAP (Minor Attracted Person’s) a disability so they can collect welfare.
The Democrat Party leadership is ripe with Pedophiles. The people of Connecticut are ok with it.
“The state is declaring MAP (Minor Attracted Person’s) a disability so they can collect welfare.”
That’s not surprising if it’s true. Did the state actually do that?
Absolutely true. The state of CT supports Pedophiles. If you own a duplex and have grade school children, if someone wants to rent out your unit and they are admitted Pedos, you cannot deny them because it is “discrimination” based on their sexual “attraction”.
https://www.ctfamily.org/its-the-attraction-senators/
Cromwell CT. Karate instructor arrested for inappropriate relationship with a minor.
What nationality does the karate instructor appear to be?
Manchester CT. Middle school teacher arrested for inappropriate contact with 3 children. Comments on the news article from former students. ” I’m not surprised”. Third one in a month.
Oh frank. Still censoring comments.
Public service announcement. Unwanted touching. KEEP YOUR Hands to yourself! What happened to hand shaking or a fist bump? You have no rights to force hugs , unwanted touching and advances. This should be Standard language in professional conduct for teachers. No one has common sense these days.
According to Connecticut’s official website:
“The Committee on Children shall have cognizance of all matters relating to children.”
Go to the state’s website.
Look for the Committee on Children web page.
You’ll see no mention of protecting children in the state’s family courts.
Why is there no mention of protecting children from predators in the state’s family courts?
If you live in the state, you probably already experienced and/or witnessed the state’s fierce child protection in the state’s public schools vs. the state’s literal child trafficking to documented child predators in the state’s family courts.
Connecticut state employees:
Why does Connecticut protect children and teens everywhere except in the state’s so-called “family courts”?
Joost A. M. Meerloo wrote, “Confusing a targeted audience is one of the necessary ingredients for effective mind control.”
Parents and children in Connecticut state family courts have begged for protection since the 1980s. (See: B.F. Skinner’s protocol to “extinguish” unwanted behaviors in human populations.)
Why is it that so many individuals in control of horrific “family court” cases today are the same individuals who have controlled horrific “family court” cases since the 1980s?
After the teacher in Norwalk lost his job for hugging students, why didn’t law enforcement arrest Dr. Stephen Herman for his fraudulent “evaluation” which led to murder in the Dulos case?
Why haven’t law enforcement offices investigated and arrested Gerard Adelman? How many crimes has he committed against children and families in state “family courts’?
Page 102 in “The Rape of the Mind explores the Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing” by Joost A. M. Meerloo, M.D., page 102:
”At first the citizen may say to himself, “All this is just nonsense – pure double talk,” but in the very act of trying to shrug it off, he has become subject to the power of the inherent suggestion. That is the trick of double talk; once a man neglects to analyze and verify it, he becomes lost in it and can no longer see the difference between rationale and rationalization. In the end, he can no longer believe anything, and he retreats into sullen dullness. Once the citizen of Totalitaria has accepted the “logic” of his leaders, he is no longer open to discussion or argument. Alas, in our Western world, we often meet this evasion of semantic clarity. Let us not forget that the battle for words is part of the ideological cold war in our world.’
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“… Shut your mouth, get in line
Just behave or pay the fine
They’re pulling on your backbone
And taking out your spine
They want you weak, don’t speak
Don’t question, don’t think
Keep staring at your smartphone
Get dumber every week
Now give up your freedom and shush …”
Has Paul been given access to the Internet?
I think everyone is waiting for the sadistic trio of Gerard Adelman, Robert Horwitz and Bruce Freedman to die. They e worked in lockstep for decades and are protected by the police and the CT government.
They will meet their maker.
But any legal Justice for these predators, child traffickers and pedos is but a dream.
Corrupticut protects its own. The legislature has passed laws to allow for the abuse and immunity of gals and court appointed therapists and psychologists. No where else is such immunity given.
They steal your children with fraudulent reports and diagnoses and steal your life savings for pay for these court appointed criminals. There are no sheriffs in CT for a reason.
Stay out of Connecticut.
Which office collects and stores the data on each and every case involving Gerard Adelman, Robert Horwitz and/or Bruce Freedman?
The authorities will need that info to prosecute.
😂 Records? What records? 🤣 This is CT The catch us if you can state! Where they get all your phone records, they can data dump your computers, and go on fishing expeditions to charge you with a crime, but the government keeps no records
Complaints about attorneys? 😂
Buried
CT is happy being the pedo capital of the world It works for courts, cops, dcf, snd the rackateeeting network and sale of children that has been proven repeatedly and buried No CT media will report on it
Jennifer Dulos was murdered and instead of looking at the criminals of family court, the media focused on the gruesomeness of the crime A crime which would not have occurred had it not been for the child traffickers of family court
And he’s Asian. That’s not the right flavor to be here in CT.
Huh?
Huh?
Clearly she isn’t into egg rolls—she likes eggplant.
There is a national teacher shortage. It will continue to get worse because there is zero protection.
This is an excellent example of how teachers are sacrificed for no reason at all.
It’s all about covering the schools ass and making a PR campaign for the public.
And I’m his teachers salary what attorney can he afford?
Did he call the grandkids by the wrong pronoun as well?
If he did that will add on at least twenty years.
Especially is he refused to call her “them” or “they”.
Homeschool your kids!
CT Public schools have become puppets of the state. There will be no child porn on his computers.
But someone wants him taken out and he will be.
Frank, I thought I had seen it all. But, you’re now defending the very type of people who shun on the regulars. Pedophiles.
It’s totally creepy. Hugs and candy. Keep your hands to yourself. Many perverts hide in places to gain access to children.
“The agency declined to take the case a second time after the administration reported on Feb. 12 that the mother of the same victim told them Park had refused to give her daughter candy because she would not hug him, the warrant said.”
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-norwalk-hour/20240414/281848648641238
It is interesting in this case that the crime is that he did *not* hug her, and he did *not* give her candy. I’d be curious what the tape-recording of the police interview sounds like.
I’d also want to see CCTV footage of Park actually interacting with kids — I would trust that more than press reports of summaries of what the police wrote down durin g witness interviews. The truth please.