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AP Wire | 12/13/2006 | Pa. sign language teacher sentenced to prison in rape of deaf man
A sign-language teacher was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in state prison in the sexual abuse of an autistic, deaf and mute man at a group home.
James French, 47, of Glenside, pleaded guilty in July to charges of rape of a mentally disabled person and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person with mental disabilities. In addition to prison, Bucks County Judge Albert Cepparulo sentenced him Tuesday to 20 years probation after his release. As a convicted sex offender, French will be monitored for the rest of his life under Megan's Law.
Prosecutors said Christine Ellis, a house manager at the Building Advocacy, Resources and Community group home, noticed that the 37-year-old victim became visibly upset when French would arrive to give him lessons, and on Nov. 1, 2005, caught French assaulting the man in a closet. French claimed when questioned by police that he could not remember what happened, but later in court acknowledged raping the man.
French wept and apologized in court as his wife and family members watched.
A sign-language teacher was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in state prison in the sexual abuse of an autistic, deaf and mute man at a group home.
James French, 47, of Glenside, pleaded guilty in July to charges of rape of a mentally disabled person and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person with mental disabilities. In addition to prison, Bucks County Judge Albert Cepparulo sentenced him Tuesday to 20 years probation after his release. As a convicted sex offender, French will be monitored for the rest of his life under Megan's Law.
Prosecutors said Christine Ellis, a house manager at the Building Advocacy, Resources and Community group home, noticed that the 37-year-old victim became visibly upset when French would arrive to give him lessons, and on Nov. 1, 2005, caught French assaulting the man in a closet. French claimed when questioned by police that he could not remember what happened, but later in court acknowledged raping the man.
French wept and apologized in court as his wife and family members watched.