CLOVIS, N.M. (KFDA) – Particular Brokers from the New Mexico Division of Justice have arrested a Clovis occupational therapist who’s accused of sexually assaulting a number of youngsters.
In line with a information launch, particular brokers arrested Jared Cordum at his house in Clovis. He’s accused of sexually assaulting greater than three recognized baby victims throughout what was purported to be in-home occupational remedy appointments.
He’s charged with one depend of felony sexual penetration of a minor, 5 counts of felony sexual contact, 4 counts of training and not using a license and one depend of battery.
On Might 3, the NMDOJ was contacted to help the Clovis Police Division with an investigation involving claims of potential sexual abuse.
Officers say dad and mom and guardians of a number of youngsters who had been sufferers of Cordum reported abuse to the Clovis Police Division.
These allegations included studies from a college therapist at a neighborhood elementary faculty who grew to become involved a couple of scholar after talking with the kid’s foster mother or father about an occupational therapist.
Additional studies from different dad and mom and guardians cited the house visits from Cordum as being “odd” and “uncomfortable.”
Native pediatricians and day care facilities made referrals to Cordum. Officers say one native pediatrician acknowledged that they by no means obtained his many evaluations, and that they didn’t consider he must be conducting ultrasounds and electrode evaluation as he’s an occupational therapist.
The information launch additionally states a forensic skilled deemed Cordum’s practices in violation with the American Occupational Remedy Affiliation and that Cordum “violated the usual look after occupational remedy” when he directed youngsters to take away their swim trunks throughout bathing or showering routings, administered enemas and suppositories to his sufferers and when he utilized imaging modalities to diagnose bowel points.
He was booked into the Curry County Detention Heart.
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