Congressional report reveals that substantiated cases of sexual misconduct by adults recruiting high school students are worse than previously known

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Sexual misconduct within high school military leadership program (JROTC) worse than previously known, report finds


A congressional report has found that sexual misconduct by instructors in a military leadership program operating in high schools across the United States was a bigger issue than previously known.

There were 58 substantiated allegations of sexual abuse, harassment and other forms of sexual misconduct over the past five years by Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program instructors in programs across the country, the report found.

“The information our Subcommittee is releasing today paints a disturbing picture of how some JROTC instructors are using their positions of authority to exploit and abuse students who have placed their faith and trust in the US military,” Lynch said in a statement. “Sexual abuse or misconduct committed by a JROTC instructor cannot be tolerated.”

[The problem could be much worse:] Because JROTC instructors are employees of the schools where the programs are based, allegations of misconduct are first investigated by the school district and local law enforcement. Allegations are not automatically reported to the Defense Department, leaving a potential blind spot in oversight of the programs.