Summerville Police 'Tracking Down' ReVille Victims
Working off private school coach's statements to law enforcement, Summerville Police seek victims.
While no charges have been pressed in Summerville or Dorchester County against Louis "Skip" Reville, who is charged in multiple jurisdictions for child molestation, Summerville Police have begun seeking potential victims here.
"We're still tracking down victims in the ReVille case," police PIO Capt. Jon Rogers said. He added that "a couple" of cases have been discovered.
Summerville Police are working off ReVille's statements while in custody.
"Many of the statements he had gave he had mentioned some stuff he had done up in Summerville," Rogers said. He added that the cases were from when the former Pinewood Preparatory teacher and coach had lived in the town.
Click here to read more about how ReVille's headlines have encouraged other victims to come forward.
Pinewood Preparatory is not in Summerville Police's jurisdiction and the school has denied any allegations that it knew about ReVille's sexual misconduct. Earlier this month, parents and lawyers questioned the school's handling of ReVille.
The search for victims began a few weeks ago. Summerville Police Department's phone number is 843-875-1650.
Judy Jones
3:54 pm on Monday, November 28, 2011
It is imperative that anyone who suspects, witnesses, has knowledge, or has been harmed by a child predator to report it to law enforcement. So many times the first instinct is to report the abuse to the officials within the institution, as happened at Penn State, or within the Catholic church system, or at the Citadel . Those officials are not the ones to be investigating sex crimes against kids, and as we have learned so many times, those officials use your information to do damage control, cover it up, and therefore enable and empower the predator to abuse more kids.
Even if your abuse happened years ago, victims should also report it to police. At least get it on record in case the police might already have other information or reports on the same predator. This helps for them to be alert and warned that a certain child predator is still on the loose, and kids are still at risk.
It is also a healing step for victims to realize that a crime has been committed against them. So by reporting their abuse to the police, they are claiming their power back which was taken away from them as a child, and by speaking up, they are helping to protect kids today. Victims have more power than they sometimes realize, because they are the ones with the truth, and they have done nothing wrong.
Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, USA 636-433-2511
snapjudy@gmail.com
"Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests" and all clergy.
http://www.snapnetwork.org/