Abilene teacher, headmaster accused of failing to report allegations that preschool employee sexually abused student
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC)- An Abilene school teacher and a headmaster are now both accused of failing to report allegations that a teacher’s aide facing federal child pornography charges may have inappropriately touched a young student.
St. John’s Epispocal School employees Kelsey Alexander and Rebeca McMillon both have two warrants for misdemeanor Failure to Make Request Child Abuse Report in connection to allegations against Mark Eichorn, a preschool teacher’s aide at the school who has been the center of a child pornography investigation for the last couple of months.
During that investigation police wanted to “determine if there were any children at the school that Eichorn had access to that may be potential victims,” according to court documents.
A family from the school came forward and stated their son made allegations that Eichorn had touched him in appropriately in January 2024.
This mother claimed she called Alexander, who was her son’s teacher, who then notified the schools director, McMillon, of the allegations, according to the documents.
The documents state McMillon contacted the parents after she was made aware of the allegations, claiming that she conducted her own investigation and after watching surveillance video and speaking with Eichorn, before she determined that the inappropriate touching was accidental while Eichorn was helping the child with his belt so he could use the restroom.
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McMillon then notified this child’s parents that “nothing untoward had happen” and that surveillance video showed the child skipping in front of Eichorn to rejoin a game after the alleged incident.
However, the documents state neither Alexander nor McMillon notified the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services or any kind of law enforcement about the issue.
“McMillion did not deny her failure to report but stated that she conducted her own investigation,” the documents claim.
Both Alexander and McMillon are mandatory reporters and are required to notify the proper authorities about allegations of abuse with 48 hours of them being made.
Alexander and McMillon were arrested then released from jail after posting bonds totaling $8,000.
No further information is available at this time.
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