Man jailed for child abuse after cop’s school talk prompts girl to come forward and reveal sex assault
A MAN has been jailed for child abuse after a police officer's school talk prompted a girl to come forward and reveal she was sexually assaulted.
Jonathan Paul Rogers - of Portland, Oregon - was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday for sexually abusing two children, according to
He admitted to abusing two girls when questioned by police.
The 34-year-old man's sentencing comes about 19 months after one of his victims opened up to a Portland cop after she spoke at her school, according to court documents.
After officer Heidi Kries discussed the protocol for recognizing and reporting sexual harassment, a girl revealed Rogers had been touching her breasts and buttocks.
The girl said she had been abused since the age of six and that she knew of another victim, a probable cause affidavit filed by the prosecution revealed, according to Oregon Live.
The allegation was then reported to the Oregon Department of Human Services and the Multnomah County Child Abuse Team - leading to the identification of a second victim.
After speaking to the officer, an investigation began - leading authorities to discover that Rogers had raped and sexually abused the the two girls even worse then they originally described.
He admitted to molesting both girls in March of this year.
In a statement to court, , the victim's mom said: "It is hard to fully describe the impact this has had on all our lives.
"The girls suffer long-term psychological effects and will require years of help to just learn to be okay. They have spent the past 15 months in constant fear that somehow he would come back.
"Despite all reassurances that such a thing will not happen. No child should live with such a worry. No child should be put through what they have gone through.
"This nightmare lives with them every day. No amount of prison time will be enough to give them back the years they suffered at Jon’s hands.”
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Rogers has been convicted of first-degree sodomy, first-degree sexual abuse, and first-degree attempted unlawful sexual penetration, according to the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office.