A teacher at a Christian elementary school in Wisconsin known for choosing a new “favorite” boy every year is accused of pulling down a 10-year-old student's pants and comparing him to Jesus to defend his creepy behavior. facing sexual accusations. .
Daniel Rick, 36, who is also the athletic director at Christ Alone Lutheran School in Thienville, was cited by the Children's Bureau on Nov. 15 for having “inappropriate contact with a male student,” according to court documents. was reported. Retrieved by WISN.
Prosecutors allege that each year the teacher would choose a “favorite” boy, sit him on his lap, touch his stomach, rub his back and kiss him.
Rick tells one such student that he has to quit, fearing he will lose his job or go to jail. Fox6 Now reported.
Last month, investigators learned that in January 2024, Rick pulled down a 10-year-old student's pants when he asked her to meet him after school in his classroom. Prosecutors said the suspect compared the boy's athletic ability to his seventh- and eighth-grade upperclassmen and then pulled down the boy's pants to “show him his pubic hair.”
That same month, the parents of a child confronted him and “expressed concerns about appropriate boundaries and physical contact.” It is unclear whether he is the same parent of the child he allegedly assaulted in the classroom.
When his parents approached him and tried to justify their alarming behavior by comparing him to Jesus Christ, Rick immediately broke down in tears.
“I'm comparing it to the story in the Bible and Jesus saying, 'Let the little children come to me,'” he is quoted as saying.
In an interview with investigators last week, Rick “claimed that he was not the one initiating the physical contact and that it was always the students who initiated it.”
Prosecutors said Rick allowed police to search his cellphone and confessed to viewing pornography involving young men.
He resigned from his teaching position in November, two days after the misconduct was reported by a child guidance center. School officials told parents in an email at the time that his expulsion was “due to personal reasons that require his concentration and attention,” WISN reported.
Rick was arrested on Friday and charged with child enticement and exposing genitals, genitals, and intimate parts to a child. He is being held in the Ozaukee County Jail on $100,000 cash bail. prison records show.
If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 28 years in prison, according to WISN.
School officials contacted parents and urged them to contact police if they believe their child may be a victim.
Tiernsville is a small town of about 3,200 people located about 20 miles north of downtown Milwaukee.
