How Could You?Hall of Shame-Glenn McLean

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From York Township, Pennsylvania, foster father Glenn Mclean, 71, ” now faces two criminal charges of sexually abusing young people in his care.”

“Newberry Township police accused McLean, 71, of sexually abusing two children who were in his and his wife’s care at different times as part of the KidsPeace program. The nonprofit, based near Allentown, provides behavioral and mental health services and foster care services in Pennsylvania and several other states.

A total of 14 charges were filed against McLean in the two cases, including child rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and corruption of minors.

Their November 1, 2023 filing followed an apparent initial attempt to indict McLean in 2020. That case no longer exists and the York County District Attorney’s Office said it cannot discuss it.

Given the current allegations, the question also arises as to whether York County has jurisdiction in any of the cases. McLean’s attorney argued he was not living in the district when police said one of the alleged abuses occurred.

The first allegations were reported in 2019.

Investigators learned that between 2017 and 2018, McLean allegedly inappropriately touched a 4- or 5-year-old foster child while the child lived with the family at their home in the 1700 block of Old Trail Road, according to charging documents from Newberry Township police .

According to the documents, McLean was also accused of threatening to ground the child and “make his life difficult” if he didn’t get what he wanted.

Police then interviewed him in January 2020.

When a detective explained why they were talking, the complaint described McLean reacting by tilting his head as he spoke and stuttering some words. A vein also pulsed in his neck, charging documents show.

McLean allegedly told the detective that he was largely hands-off when it came to caring for foster children and that his wife did most of the work. He allegedly avoided things like changing diapers and bathing.

“When asked why he never helped with this part of the child care, he replied, ‘Because of things like that.’ He then said, “There is no reason for it,” the indictment says.

When asked if he ever touched the child inappropriately, police alleged McLean said “no” but nodded his head “yes” as he spoke, according to the document.

He also allegedly noted that the child was the last child the family had taken in through KidsPeace.

Several months later, Newberry Township police posted a press release on the CrimeWatch website announcing McLean’s arrest in May 2020 and the charges filed in the case.

Messages seeking comment from McLean’s attorney, Jeremy Williams, and KidsPeace also went unanswered.

Then another child came forward in 2021.

According to court documents, that teenager spoke to investigators in Massachusetts about allegations that he was touched inappropriately by McLean on multiple occasions while living with his family at Kid’s Peace as a 6-year-old in 2016.

Details were forwarded to Newberry Township Police and the department launched a new investigation.

McLean was interviewed again, this time by a human resources official, and he allegedly denied the report, according to charging documents.

According to the investigation, police said the two children in both cases had no contact with each other during their time in McLean’s care.

Investigators also quoted McLean as saying he and his wife cared for about six children as foster parents. They became involved with Kid’s Peace in July 2015, charging documents show, and their status was put on hold when the allegations first surfaced.

The charging affidavit from the later investigation indicated that the couple continued to be associated with Kid’s Peace until the charges were filed in 2023.

McLean was arrested and jailed on November 1st. Bail was set at $50,000 in both cases. He posted bonds in both cases and was released a day later, court documents show.

As the cases move through the court system, Williams, McLean’s attorney, filed a motion in January to dismiss the charges from the 2021 investigation.

He said in the filing that McLean and his wife had lived in Cumberland County for about five years through mid-2017, meaning the alleged 2016 abuse occurred there and not in York County.

Williams argued that the York County courts had no jurisdiction in the case.

The matter was scheduled to be discussed Tuesday during a hearing before York County Court of Common Pleas Judge Harry Ness, court documents show.

No decisions have been made and records indicate no new hearings have been scheduled yet.”

Police allege York County foster parents sexually abused two children over a three-year period
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