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'Huggy' Teacher Faces More Molestation Charges

POSTED: Wednesday, December 28, 2005
UPDATED: 4:16 pm EST December 28, 2005

Three more charges were filed Tuesday night against a 55-year-old elementary school teacher accused of inappropriately touching children at the school, Local 6 News has learned.

Several weeks ago, Osceola County sheriff's investigators charged Chestnut Elementary School teacher Raymond Luaders with 10 counts of lewd and lascivious molestation and two counts of battery for allegedly touching students at the school.


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Detectives interviewed students at the school who gave similar stories, Local 6 News reported.

The latest allegations do not surprise Rosa Valdes, a parent of one of the alleged victims.

"I'm not surprised but I am a little, how can I say, disgusted," Valdes said. "According to my daughter, there were other classmates with her this year that were touched and I had a feeling that there was just so much more."

Tuesday night, Valdes and other parents were passing out flyers with Luader's face on it and the words "Protect Our Children From Mr. Luader."

"When Luaders made his first court appearance several weeks ago, the judge did not believe the case had very strong legal legs and tonight he is a free man," Local 6 reporter Jessica D'Onofrio said.

Luaders had denied the charges but told investigators that he was a "huggy" teacher who cared about his students, according to the report.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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