{"id":941,"date":"2021-10-28T21:50:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T21:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newjerseyfencing.org\/?p=941"},"modified":"2021-10-28T21:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T21:50:46","slug":"notice-of-coach-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/52.201.217.16\/?p=941","title":{"rendered":"Notice of Coach Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usafencing.org\/news_article\/show\/1190911\">USA fencing original post<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Colorado Springs, Colo.) &#8212; Today, USA Fencing was made aware of the arrest of a fencing coach on October 13, 2021 for sexual misconduct with a minor. We join in outrage at the prospect that anyone involved in our sport could potentially be involved in harming a young person.\u00a0The safety of all members is USA Fencing\u2019s top priority and we stand in support of\u00a0victims\u00a0of abuse.<\/p>\n<p>As required by federal\u00a0law, this issue was immediately reported to the U.S. Center for SafeSport and the Center has taken jurisdiction. At this point, as with all matters of accusation of this sort, the Center will investigate and decide on any disciplinary sanction\u00a0of this individual within our sport. USA Fencing urges the Center to prioritize the safety\u00a0of our athletes, coaches, and stakeholders first and foremost. If a sanction is issued in this case, we will immediately notify clubs, divisions and committees, and this individual will immediately be placed on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usafencing.org\/ineligible-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ineligible and Suspended Member List page<\/a>\u00a0on the USA Fencing website.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has experienced sexual, physical or emotional abuse within our sport is encouraged to report these incidents to the U.S. Center for SafeSport at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscenterforsafesport.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.uscenterforsafesport.org<\/a>.\u00a0For resources to help with the impact\u00a0of abuse in our sport, visit the USA Fencing Safe Sport page at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usafencing.org\/safe-sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.usafencing.org\/safe-sport<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA fencing original post &nbsp; (Colorado Springs, Colo.) &#8212; Today, USA Fencing was made aware of the arrest of a fencing coach on October 13, 2021 for sexual misconduct with a minor. We join in outrage at the prospect that anyone involved in our sport could potentially be involved in harming a young person.\u00a0The safety&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/52.201.217.16\/?p=941\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/52.201.217.16\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/52.201.217.16\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/52.201.217.16\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.201.217.16\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.201.217.16\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/52.201.217.16\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":942,"href":"http:\/\/52.201.217.16\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions\/942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/52.201.217.16\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.201.217.16\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/52.201.217.16\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}