How Could You? Hall of Shame-Kevin Thompson, Former Director of Good Shepherd Children and Family Services

This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.

From Hazelwood, Missouri, former director of Good Shepherd Children and Family Services, Kevin Thompson,45, was sentenced on November 8, 2012 to 15 years in prison for sodomizing a 16-year-old foster son that lived with him.

“He was found guilty of 11 counts of second-degree statutory sodomy in August.

The crimes happened in 2009. Prosecutors said Thompson met the 16-year-old boy through Thompson’s work at Good Shepherd Children and Family Services in University City.”

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[NECN.com 11/9/12]

“Some of the sentences run concurrently, giving him a sentence of 15 years in a state prison.

The victim was a 16-year-old boy who was sodomized in 2009 at Thompson’s home in the 200 block of Avant Drive.  Prosecutors say Thompson met the boy through Thompson’s work at Good  Shepherd. Authorities verified that none of the sex acts took place at  Good Shepherd.

According to its web site,  Good Shepherd provides foster care, adoption, residential care and  expectant parent support, along with youth and family mentoring

Good Shepherd provides adoption services for older children in foster  care and conducts home studies and background checks of potential  foster parents and families looking to adopt. It is a Catholic Charities  agency of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

The victim is now 19 years old according to the Post-Dispatch and testified at the trial this summer. He and his sister were placed  in foster care when he was 14 after his parents lost custody of their  children.

Charges were filed in late 2010. Thompson was held on $200,000 bail. His trial was held in August 2012.”

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[Hazelwood Patch 11/10/12 by Maggie Rotermund]

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