“What I perceived as an injustice was rationale for my sin,” Kreuper said, “and I know that I was wrong.” The judge asked Kreuper how she could believe that, considering she was a nun and “basically signed on to be poor.” In an earlier interview with authorities, Wright said, Kreuper told investigators that one factor in taking the money was that she felt there was a disparity in pay between private and public schools. Attorney Poonam Kumar said.ĭuring sentencing in downtown Los Angeles, Wright said he took into consideration Kreuper’s age, lack of prior criminal history and her 60-plus years as a nun.īut, he said, “I am sure that this horrible example will affect these kids. In addition to the embezzling funds, the former principal also directed employees to alter and destroy financial records during a school audit, Assistant U.S. Kreuper was responsible for funds the kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school received for tuition and fees, in addition to donations. I was wrong and I’m profoundly sorry for the pain and suffering I’ve caused so many people.” “My actions were in violation of my vows, my commandments, the law and, above all, the sacred trust that so many had placed in me. “I have sinned, I’ve broken the law and I have no excuses,” Kreuper said via teleconference from a convent. She has paid back $10,000 and is expected to continuing paying back what she can, even if that is only $20 a month after she is released. Wright II sentenced Kreuper to one year in federal prison and to fully pay the school back. In July, she pleaded guilty to one count each of wire fraud and money laundering. Mary Margaret Kreuper, 80, of Los Angeles, admitted to stealing the funds while she was principal at St. 7, after pleading guilty to embezzling approximately $835,000 from the K-8 campus to pay for personal expenses such as gambling trips. She add that bullying has serious consequences for youth, contributing to high dropout rates, increased absenteeism, significant underachievement and suicide.A nun and former principal of a Torrance Catholic school was sentenced to one year in prison on Monday, Feb. More than one in four children in the United States will be bullied either at school or online, Sanchez wrote in her letter. What recourse do individuals, many of whom are minors, have when lewd photos of them are posted without their consent?.How does Ogle cooperate with law enforcement?.What mechanisms is Ogle using to report and review inappropriate content?.Sanchez asked Jiang to answer three questions on Ogle’s operations regarding threats and bullying: The company also said it has instituted a content-moderation team to increase review and identify and remove inappropriate content, and take action against “those who violate our community guidelines.” In an email to the Press-Telegram last week, a company spokesperson said Ogle takes the safety of its users seriously and does not condone any type of behavior that is illegal or in violation of its content policies. “The anonymous posting of these comments makes it impossible to hold individuals accountable for derogatory, inappropriate and mean-spirited remarks that have major implications for the children they are targeting,” she said. “While school teachers and administrators have the ability and flexibility to address this kind of conduct on school grounds, they are not able to intervene in comments transmitted over the internet (cyber bullying). “I am increasingly concerned by the amount of bullying and harassment on the app, and the lack of accountability for those posting,” Sanchez wrote in her April 27 letter. Sanchez, D-Norwalk, a member of the Congressional Anti-Bullying Caucus, sent a letter to Daniel Jiang, the founder and CEO of Ogle and its parent company, Nuistars, last week after she received phone calls from concerned parents and district officials about the Cerritos incident as well as various media reports. Linda Sanchez penned a letter to the maker of the social media app Ogle, demanding an explanation as to how it will combat cyber bullying after a student from Cerritos High School posted a threat that turned out to be a hoax.
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