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`STATE
`SUPREME
`COURT
`: COUNTY
`
`OF ORLEANS
`
`AB 511
`
`DOE,
`
`v.
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`LYNDONVILLE
`LYNDONVlLLE
`
`CENTRAL
`ELEMENTARY
`
`SCHOOL
`DISTRICT;
`SCHOOL.
`
`Defendants.
`
`Index
`
`No.:
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`20-46602
`
`EXPERT
`
`AFFIDAVIT
`
`OF ELIZABETH
`
`L.
`
`JEGLIC,
`
`Ph.D.
`
`ss:
`
`) )
`
`)
`
`STATE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`COUNTY
`
`OF
`
`DR.
`
`ELIZABETH
`
`L.
`
`JEGLIC,
`
`Ph.D.,
`
`being
`
`duly
`
`sworn,
`
`deposes
`
`and
`
`says:
`
`1.
`
`I am a Licensed
`
`Clinical
`
`Psychologist,
`
`professor
`
`of Psychology,
`
`consultant
`
`in the
`
`field
`
`of
`
`sexual
`
`abuse,
`
`sexual
`
`grooming,
`
`behaviors
`
`of
`
`perpetrators
`
`and
`
`and
`
`survivors
`
`of
`
`sexual
`
`abuse,
`
`and
`
`cases
`
`of
`
`historical
`
`sexual
`
`abuse
`
`and
`
`institutional
`
`for
`
`the
`
`prevention
`
`of
`
`sexual
`
`abuse.
`
`A current
`
`Vitae
`
`responsibility
`
`is attached
`
`as Exhibit
`
`A.
`
`copy
`
`of my Curriculum
`
`2.
`
`I
`
`obtained
`
`my
`
`Ph.D.
`
`in
`
`Clinical
`
`Psychology
`
`and
`
`Psychological
`
`Assessment
`
`from
`
`SUNY
`
`at
`
`Binghamton
`
`in
`
`2003.
`
`I completed
`
`a
`
`postdoctoral
`
`research
`
`fellowship
`
`at
`
`the
`
`University
`
`of Pennsylvania
`
`in 2004.
`
`(Ex.
`
`A).
`
`3.
`
`I am currently
`
`a professor
`
`in the
`
`Psychology
`
`Department
`
`at John
`
`Jay
`
`College
`
`of Criminal
`
`Justice
`
`in New
`
`York,
`
`New York,
`
`a position
`
`I have
`
`held
`
`since
`
`2013.
`
`Prior
`
`to
`
`being
`
`promoted
`
`to professor,
`
`I served
`
`as
`
`an
`
`associate
`
`professor
`
`(2008-2013)
`
`and
`
`an
`
`assistant
`
`professor
`
`(2003-2007)
`
`at
`
`John
`
`Jay
`
`College.
`
`(Ex.
`
`A).
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`1
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`4.
`
`I
`
`also
`
`work
`
`as
`
`a
`
`consultant,
`
`presenter,
`
`and
`
`trainer.
`
`I
`
`provide
`
`presentations,
`
`trainings
`
`and
`
`workshops
`
`to
`
`schools,
`
`colleges,
`
`community
`
`and
`
`parenting
`
`groups,
`
`criminal
`
`justice
`
`organizations,
`
`the
`
`military,
`
`and
`
`public
`
`and
`
`private
`
`sector
`
`companies
`
`on
`
`topics
`
`related
`
`to
`
`sexual
`
`violence
`
`prevention,
`
`sexual
`
`grooming,
`
`consent,
`
`sexual
`
`offending,
`
`sexual
`
`harassment,
`
`child
`
`abuse
`
`reporting
`
`and
`
`sex
`
`offender
`
`management.
`
`(Ex.
`
`A).
`
`list
`
`presentations,
`
`5.
`
`6.
`
`I
`
`also
`
`work
`
`as
`
`a
`
`researcher.
`
`A detailed
`
`of my
`
`publications,
`
`and
`
`experience
`
`can
`
`be
`
`found
`
`in my Curriculum
`
`Vitae.
`
`(Ex.
`
`A).
`
`In 2023,
`
`I was
`
`asked
`
`to
`
`review
`
`the
`
`issues
`
`in this
`
`matter
`
`and
`
`offer
`
`an
`
`opinion
`
`as
`
`to
`
`the
`
`reasonableness
`
`of
`
`the
`
`District's
`
`actions
`
`in
`
`regards
`
`to Terry
`
`Houseman
`
`including
`
`what
`
`it knew
`
`or
`
`should
`
`have
`
`known
`
`at
`
`the
`
`time
`
`of Plaintiff's
`
`alleged
`
`abuse.
`
`I
`
`and
`
`thereafter
`
`conducted
`
`a review
`
`of
`
`all
`
`depositions,
`
`discovery
`
`responses,
`
`documents
`
`produced
`
`in this
`
`matter.
`
`7.
`
`My full
`
`report,
`
`including
`
`my
`
`analysis
`
`and
`
`conclusions,
`
`is attached
`
`as
`
`Exhibit
`
`B.
`
`This
`
`report
`
`and
`
`the
`
`opinions
`
`contained
`
`therein
`
`are
`
`offered
`
`to
`
`a reasonable
`
`degree
`
`of
`
`certainty,
`
`consistent
`
`with
`
`the
`
`standards
`
`and
`
`practices
`
`of my
`
`field.
`
`Exhibit
`
`B is
`
`incorporated
`
`into
`
`this
`
`affidavit
`
`in its
`
`entirety,
`
`as
`
`if
`
`fully
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein.
`
`As
`
`8.
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`in Exhibit
`
`B, based
`
`upon
`
`my
`
`review
`
`of
`
`the
`
`evidence,
`
`and
`
`my
`
`education
`
`and
`
`expertise,
`
`I made
`
`the
`
`following
`
`determinations
`
`to
`
`a reasonable
`
`degree
`
`of
`
`certainty.
`
`9.
`
`First,
`
`sexual
`
`abuse
`
`by
`
`educators
`
`and
`
`individuals
`
`employed
`
`in
`
`child
`
`serving
`
`organizations
`
`was
`
`not well
`
`researched
`
`or
`
`understood
`
`in the
`
`1980s.
`
`Accordingly,
`
`it was
`
`not widely
`
`believed
`
`or
`
`understood
`
`in either
`
`the
`
`law
`
`enforcement
`
`community
`
`or
`
`the
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`education
`
`field
`
`that
`
`sexual
`
`abuse
`
`by
`
`educators
`
`was
`
`a threat
`
`to
`
`students
`
`that
`
`needed
`
`to
`
`be
`
`addressed.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`p. 2).
`
`10.
`
`The
`
`vast
`
`majority
`
`of
`
`research
`
`on
`
`child
`
`abuse
`
`concerned
`
`abuse
`
`perpetrated
`
`by
`
`parents
`
`and
`
`others
`
`in the
`
`home.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`p. 2).
`
`11.
`
`For
`
`example,
`
`in
`
`1979
`
`the
`
`U.S.
`
`Department
`
`of Health
`
`and
`
`Human
`
`published
`
`"The
`
`Educator's
`
`Role
`
`and
`
`Abuse
`
`Services
`
`Neglect,"
`
`and
`
`in the
`
`Prevention
`
`Treatment
`
`of Child
`
`which
`
`specifically
`
`addressed
`
`the
`
`role
`
`of
`
`educators
`
`in
`
`identifying
`
`abuse
`
`perpetrated
`
`by
`
`others
`
`outside
`
`of
`
`the
`
`school
`
`environment,
`
`specifically
`
`the
`
`child's
`
`parents
`
`and
`
`guardians,
`
`and
`
`does
`
`not
`
`address
`
`educator
`
`sexual
`
`misconduct
`
`at all.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`p. 2).
`
`12.
`
`Instead,
`
`based
`
`on
`
`the
`
`lack
`
`of
`
`data
`
`as
`
`to
`
`abuse
`
`by
`
`educators,
`
`the
`
`issue
`
`the
`
`absence
`
`dearth
`
`of
`
`research
`
`on
`
`the
`
`and
`
`of anecdotal
`
`evidence,
`
`in the
`
`1980s
`
`the
`
`education
`
`community
`
`was
`
`focused
`
`on
`
`identifying
`
`and
`
`reporting
`
`abuse
`
`by
`
`parents
`
`and
`
`others
`
`legally
`
`responsible
`
`for
`
`a child's
`
`care
`
`per
`
`statutory
`
`requirements
`
`such
`
`as
`
`the
`
`New
`
`York
`
`Social
`
`Services
`
`Law.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`pp.
`
`2-3).
`
`13.
`
`It was
`
`not
`
`until
`
`2001
`
`that
`
`the
`
`first
`
`large-scale
`
`study
`
`of
`
`sexual
`
`abuse
`
`Department
`
`of Education.
`
`In
`
`in
`
`schools
`
`was
`
`commissioned
`
`by
`
`the
`
`United
`
`States
`
`2004,
`
`Carol
`
`Shakeshaft
`
`produced
`
`the
`
`commissioned
`
`report
`
`analyzing
`
`the
`
`existing
`
`research
`
`on
`
`educator
`
`sexual
`
`misconduct.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B, p. 2).
`
`14.
`
`Shakeshaft's
`
`2004
`
`report,
`
`entitled
`
`"Educator
`
`Sexual
`
`Misconduct:
`
`A
`
`Synthesis
`
`of Existing
`
`Literature"
`
`found
`
`that
`
`prior
`
`to
`
`this
`
`comprehensive
`
`study,
`
`relatively
`
`little was
`
`known
`
`about
`
`the
`
`characteristics
`
`and
`
`prevalence
`
`of educator
`
`sexual
`
`misconduct.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B, p. 2).
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`15.
`
`Of
`
`the
`
`research
`
`reviewed
`
`by
`
`Shakeshaft,
`
`only
`
`one
`
`study
`
`was
`
`published
`
`prior
`
`to
`
`1990,
`
`and
`
`it did
`
`not
`
`focus
`
`on
`
`educator
`
`sexual
`
`misconduct.
`
`All
`
`other
`
`studies
`
`reviewed
`
`were
`
`published
`
`after
`
`1990.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`p. 2).
`
`16.
`
`The
`
`fact
`
`that
`
`this
`
`threat
`
`to students
`
`was
`
`neither
`
`understood
`
`nor well-
`
`known
`
`in the
`
`1980s
`
`may
`
`best
`
`be
`
`evidenced
`
`the
`
`fact
`
`that
`
`by
`
`in New York
`
`State,
`
`it was
`
`not
`
`passage
`
`State
`
`that
`
`until
`
`2001,
`
`with
`
`the
`
`of New York
`
`Education
`
`Law Article
`
`23-B,
`
`polices
`
`and
`
`procedures
`
`for
`
`investigating
`
`and
`
`reporting
`
`abuse
`
`in
`
`the
`
`educational
`
`setting
`
`were
`
`established.
`
`In passing
`
`Article
`
`23-B,
`
`the
`
`Legislature
`
`specifically
`
`noted
`
`that
`
`the
`
`problem
`
`of
`
`educator
`
`sexual
`
`abuse
`
`was
`
`largely
`
`unaddressed
`
`in state
`
`statute
`
`or
`
`regulation
`
`and
`
`that
`
`no
`
`standard
`
`statewide
`
`policy
`
`existed
`
`for
`
`the
`
`reporting,
`
`investigation
`
`or
`
`identification
`
`of
`
`this
`
`form
`
`of
`
`child
`
`abuse.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`p. 3).
`
`17.
`
`The
`
`behaviors
`
`of
`
`individuals
`
`in
`
`child
`
`serving
`
`organizations
`
`such
`
`as
`
`schools
`
`that we consider
`
`to be
`
`"grooming"
`
`today,
`
`were
`
`not
`
`understood
`
`to be warning
`
`signs
`
`of
`
`possible
`
`sexual
`
`abuse
`
`in the
`
`1980s.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`p. 3-4).
`
`18.
`
`"Sexual
`
`grooming"
`
`only
`
`began
`
`to
`
`be
`
`recognized
`
`by
`
`researchers
`
`in
`
`the
`
`early
`
`2000s.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`p. 3).
`
`19.
`
`The
`
`behaviors
`
`Plaintiff
`
`AB 511
`
`Doe
`
`identifies
`
`as
`
`"grooming"
`
`would
`
`recognized
`
`the
`
`District
`
`as
`
`potential
`
`signs
`
`of sexual
`
`abuse
`
`based
`
`not
`
`have
`
`been
`
`by
`
`warning
`
`upon
`
`what
`
`was
`
`known
`
`in the
`
`1980s.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`pp.
`
`3-4).
`
`20.
`
`Officials
`
`and
`
`employees
`
`of
`
`the
`
`District
`
`could
`
`not
`
`have
`
`known
`
`that
`
`Teny
`
`Houseman
`
`was
`
`allegedly
`
`abusing
`
`Plaintiff
`
`AB 511
`
`Doe
`
`based
`
`upon
`
`his
`
`publicly
`
`observable
`
`behavior
`
`in the
`
`school
`
`or
`
`in the
`
`community
`
`and
`
`because
`
`Plaintiff
`
`AB 511
`
`Doe
`
`did
`
`not
`
`report
`
`the
`
`alleged
`
`abuse
`
`to
`
`anyone.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`pp.
`
`3-4).
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`21.
`
`Educator
`
`sexual
`
`abuse
`
`prevention
`
`training
`
`was
`
`not
`
`standard
`
`practice
`
`in school
`
`systems
`
`in the
`
`1980s.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`p. 5).
`
`22.
`
`In
`
`the
`
`1980s,
`
`any
`
`training
`
`given
`
`by
`
`schools
`
`regarding
`
`child
`
`abuse
`
`prevention
`
`focused
`
`on
`
`identifying
`
`and
`
`reporting
`
`abuse
`
`by
`
`parents
`
`and/or
`
`guardians,
`
`not
`
`by
`
`educators.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`p. 5).
`
`23.
`
`It was
`
`not
`
`until
`
`2007
`
`that
`
`comprehensive
`
`guidelines
`
`on
`
`the
`
`development
`
`of
`
`policies
`
`and
`
`procedures
`
`for
`
`the
`
`prevention
`
`of
`
`child
`
`sexual
`
`abuse
`
`within
`
`child
`
`serving
`
`institutions
`
`were
`
`developed
`
`and
`
`disseminated
`
`by
`
`the
`
`Centers
`
`for
`
`Disease
`
`and
`
`Prevention.
`
`(Ex.
`
`pp.
`
`5-6).
`
`Control
`
`B,
`
`24.
`
`In a 1994
`
`study,
`
`Carol
`
`Shakeshaft
`
`found
`
`that
`
`very
`
`few
`
`school
`
`districts
`
`had
`
`official
`
`outlines
`
`of
`
`reporting
`
`procedures
`
`and
`
`policies
`
`when
`
`the
`
`perpetrator
`
`of
`
`abuse
`
`was
`
`a
`
`staff
`
`member
`
`or
`
`employee.
`
`There
`
`was
`
`often
`
`confusion
`
`about
`
`the
`
`legal
`
`responsibilities
`
`and
`
`reporting
`
`procedures
`
`and
`
`principals
`
`and
`
`superintendents
`
`rarely
`
`contacted
`
`law
`
`enforcement
`
`or
`
`reported
`
`the
`
`allegations
`
`to
`
`a child
`
`abuse
`
`hotline.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`p.
`
`6).
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`25.
`
`When
`
`allegations
`
`of
`
`abuse
`
`by
`
`educators
`
`arose
`
`in the
`
`District,
`
`they
`
`were
`
`handled
`
`promptly
`
`in line
`
`with
`
`standard
`
`practice
`
`at
`
`the
`
`time.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`p. 6).
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`5 of 6
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`26.
`
`By
`
`promptly
`
`reporting
`
`the
`
`allegations
`
`of
`
`abuse
`
`to
`
`law
`
`enforcement
`
`when
`
`the
`
`allegations
`
`arose,
`
`the
`
`Districis
`
`actions
`
`were
`
`in
`
`line
`
`with
`
`mandated
`
`reporter
`
`guidelines
`
`and met
`
`or exceeded
`
`standard
`
`practice
`
`at
`
`the
`
`time.
`
`(Ex.
`
`B,
`
`p. 6).
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`Dated:
`
`October
`
`__,
`
`2023
`
`Sworn
`
`to
`
`before
`
`day
`
`me this
`of October,
`
`2023
`
`Notary
`
`public
`
`Dr.
`
`Elizabeth
`
`L Jeglic,
`
`Ph.D.
`
`AMALRAJ
`ANITHA
`Public Of New Jersey
`2439666
`10/16/2028
`ID #
`Expires
`Commission
`
`Notary
`
`My
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`6 of 6
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