Rare Denversail Posted December 7, 2023 #1 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Celebrity Cruises Youth Counselor Admits to Molesting At Least Four Children Aboard the Celebrity Silhouette | Cruise Law News Talk to your kids and keep a close eye. No where is safe from sickos. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellyd22 Posted December 7, 2023 #2 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Absolutely awful 😥 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted December 7, 2023 #3 Share Posted December 7, 2023 sad news.. vigilance is essential but better vetting also needed.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lv2cruisgrl Posted December 7, 2023 #4 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Thanks for sharing. Parents need to know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PTC DAWG Posted December 7, 2023 #5 Share Posted December 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Denversail said: Celebrity Cruises Youth Counselor Admits to Molesting At Least Four Children Aboard the Celebrity Silhouette | Cruise Law News Talk to your kids and keep a close eye. No where is safe from sickos. One reason of many I never cruised with my young children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Georgia_Peaches Posted December 7, 2023 #6 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Horrendous! I can't even imagine the anguish this has caused for the families of the victims. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loracpin2 Posted December 8, 2023 #7 Share Posted December 8, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Denversail said: Celebrity Cruises Youth Counselor Admits to Molesting At Least Four Children Aboard the Celebrity Silhouette | Cruise Law News Talk to your kids and keep a close eye. No where is safe from sickos. The first time we sailed with our entire Family in 2012 (Adult Children & Spouses and 8 Grandchildren) Grandkids ages were 3,5,5,5,6,11,11@13). It would have have never occurred to my husband and me that anything this unconscoinable could happen on a cruise ship. Fortunately we did everything as a Family and our Grandkids were never out of any of the 8 adults site at any time. Edited December 8, 2023 by Loracpin2 additions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerunner Posted December 8, 2023 #8 Share Posted December 8, 2023 Unfortuneatly this can happen anyplace anytime. Wish it wouldnt. I just hope child is safe and families can heal 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newdoc2002 Posted December 8, 2023 #9 Share Posted December 8, 2023 1 minute ago, bikerunner said: Unfortuneatly this can happen anyplace anytime. Wish it wouldnt. I just hope child is safe and families can heal Yes, this. I am not sure what kind of background checks Celebrity has for employees that work with children. This world can be really messed up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaFej Posted December 8, 2023 #10 Share Posted December 8, 2023 Background checks are effective after someone has been caught. Before that: not so much. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusieAV8R Posted December 8, 2023 #11 Share Posted December 8, 2023 38 minutes ago, Newdoc2002 said: Yes, this. I am not sure what kind of background checks Celebrity has for employees that work with children. This world can be really messed up. As a criminal defense attorney, I suggest not rushing to judgment. That's why we have courts and a presumption of innocence. I have had cases where "news" outlet reports were not even closely accurate. That said, nowhere is 100% safe, so common sense and reasonableness rarely goes amiss. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted December 8, 2023 #12 Share Posted December 8, 2023 Don't leave children with strangers.... The cruiseline has a duty to check these caretakers more carefully! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mom says Posted December 8, 2023 #13 Share Posted December 8, 2023 7 minutes ago, SusieAV8R said: As a criminal defense attorney, I suggest not rushing to judgment. That's why we have courts and a presumption of innocence. I have had cases where "news" outlet reports were not even closely accurate. That said, nowhere is 100% safe, so common sense and reasonableness rarely goes amiss. Fair enough. But a vlog I just saw reported that, when questioned by the OP, the child molester not only admitted the assaults, but admitted to other assaults on minors. Given that, I don't think there is any rush to judgement here. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Salt Lifer Posted December 8, 2023 #14 Share Posted December 8, 2023 If Celebrity hasn't already, they need to contact every parent who had a child participate in Camp at Sea during the sailings this monster was employed and alert them that this crime took place. There could easily be additional victims. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgiaguy Posted December 8, 2023 #15 Share Posted December 8, 2023 (edited) I would hold off on rushing to judgement of Celebrity. I worked as a youth counselor for Celebrity about 15 years ago and to be hired they did an extensive background check and required all youth staff to have a college degree or equivalent depending on the country. Also the kids program area had more cameras than any other part of the ship for specifically that reason. They even taught us things like if a kid was struggling to button their pant after using the bathroom to have the kid stand in front of the camera make all your motions very obvious so there could be no question what was happening. Now that is not to say that they cant learn from this or that their standards could have lessened over the years. They should be able to talk about how they are going to ensure it doesn’t happen again. But unfortunately things like this do happen in all kinds of places because unfortunately you sometimes dont know someone is a monster until they do something monstrous. Also just a general disclaimer, just because a guy likes working with kids isn’t suspicious. All the guys I worked with were good people, myself included, never hurt any kids. Edited December 8, 2023 by georgiaguy 7 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mom says Posted December 8, 2023 #16 Share Posted December 8, 2023 I appreciate your thoughtful post, Georgia guy. And I made an error in my previous post. It should have read that when questioned by the FBI, the child molester admitted to the assaults 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loracpin2 Posted December 8, 2023 #17 Share Posted December 8, 2023 9 minutes ago, mom says said: I appreciate your thoughtful post, Georgia guy. And I made an error in my previous post. It should have read that when questioned by the FBI, the child molester admitted to the assaults BRAVO!!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap_D Posted December 8, 2023 #18 Share Posted December 8, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, SusieAV8R said: As a criminal defense attorney, I suggest not rushing to judgment. That's why we have courts and a presumption of innocence. I have had cases where "news" outlet reports were not even closely accurate. That said, nowhere is 100% safe, so common sense and reasonableness rarely goes amiss. The perp admitted it to the FBI agent. And, Celebrity does not deny it. Edited December 8, 2023 by Cap_D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homosassa Posted December 8, 2023 #19 Share Posted December 8, 2023 11 hours ago, georgiaguy said: I would hold off on rushing to judgement of Celebrity. I worked as a youth counselor for Celebrity about 15 years ago and to be hired they did an extensive background check and required all youth staff to have a college degree or equivalent depending on the country. Also the kids program area had more cameras than any other part of the ship for specifically that reason. They even taught us things like if a kid was struggling to button their pant after using the bathroom to have the kid stand in front of the camera make all your motions very obvious so there could be no question what was happening. Now that is not to say that they cant learn from this or that their standards could have lessened over the years. Thanks for posting this. I was about to post the same about what my daughter (BA/MAT at the time) was told about the Royal Caribbean Corporate policy for employment in the youth programs on board their ship. She was also told fingerprints would be needed for that in depth background check. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger727 Posted December 8, 2023 #20 Share Posted December 8, 2023 42 minutes ago, Homosassa said: Thanks for posting this. I was about to post the same about what my daughter (BA/MAT at the time) was told about the Royal Caribbean Corporate policy for employment in the youth programs on board their ship. She was also told fingerprints would be needed for that in depth background check. I'm curious if countries like the Philippines keep high enough quality records to do a useful background check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander500 Posted December 9, 2023 #21 Share Posted December 9, 2023 One of a parent’s worst nightmares. So sorry for that child & her family and the likely others involved. Apparently more video cameras may be needed as well as someone actually checking the videos. This did not come out until a 6-year-old reported it. Was anyone checking the videos regularly? How long had this guy been supervising kids on this and other ships? Especially horrifying when there’s a new batch of young kids who were exposed to him weekly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterde Posted December 10, 2023 #22 Share Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) On 12/8/2023 at 10:44 AM, sanger727 said: I'm curious if countries like the Philippines keep high enough quality records to do a useful background check. Most, if not all of the youth club employees are from “western” countries so background checks are easier. Edited December 10, 2023 by peterde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critic2023 Posted December 10, 2023 #23 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Horrifying. Hopefully Celebrity in their due diligence in conducting background checks and thoroughly investigating and potential complaints/suspicious behavior if there were reports. Unfortunately, those kinds of things are only effective if someone has been caught before... if it was their first time or they've been able to get away with it somehow, a background check won't do anything. Just makes me sick to think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted December 10, 2023 #24 Share Posted December 10, 2023 On 12/8/2023 at 7:44 AM, sanger727 said: I'm curious if countries like the Philippines keep high enough quality records to do a useful background check. Seems the linked report said as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted December 10, 2023 #25 Share Posted December 10, 2023 56 minutes ago, peterde said: Most, if not all of the youth club employees are from “western” countries so background checks are easier. Obviously not "all". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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