Ex-Boy Scout leader, teacher accused of sexually assaulting student for 2 years

A former teacher of more than 40 years and Boy Scout leader at a boarding school in Philadelphia has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child.

"Sexual contact with a child is always wrong," District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said in the release. "When an adult entrusted with the care and well-being of children engages in such contact, the affront to society is even deeper. It is both heartbreaking and deeply disturbing that such an individual would take advantage of a vulnerable child."

Upland Borough Police were first notified of the allegations on Jan. 25 of this year, when a foster parent told them that her foster child told her that he had been the victim of sexual assaults for two years, alleging that Steininger touched his private parts while he had been a student at Girard College and staying at his home.