By on June 15, 2010 at 2:30 AM, updated June 15, 2010 at 4:22 PM
Craig Ley, 50, a board member of Beaverton High School Lacrosse Club and a lacrosse coach for Beaverton Youth Lacrosse, was arrested Monday on 10 counts of sexual abuse, involving a teenage exchange student.
Craig Ley
The 16-year-old boy was living with Ley, said Sgt. VanceStimler, a Washington County Sheriff’s Officespokesman.The abuse occurred off and on from October until June of this year, and was discovered after relatives of the victim visited the Ley household, according to the sheriff’s office. This is not the first exchange student Ley has hosted.
“We are concerned there may be other victims,” Stimler said.
The exchange student was not a member of Ley’s lacrosse team. Beaverton High School Lacrosse is a club sport run by parents and is not a program of the Beaverton School District.
The victim attended school in Beaverton, which relies on the exchange student agencies to ensure the safe placement of the foreign students, said Maureen Wheeler, Beaverton School District spokeswoman.
District policy requires the exchange program be approved and in good standing, have a local representative who can meet with school personnel and has demonstrated successful placement of students in the past, among other requirements.
According to court records, Ley does not have any criminal convictions in Oregon.
The sheriffs office is asking anyone who has specific information that Ley had illegal contact with other minors to call the Washington County Sheriff’s Office at (503) 846-2700.
—Wendy Owen
Oregonian reporter Colleen Stewart contributed to this story.
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2004 May 17: USA v. Ley Oregon District Court, Case No. 3:03-cr-00576-KI
2008 Jul 18: Programmes Internationaux D’Echanges v. Grijalva: Conspiracy; Defamation; Tortious Interference
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