Man with history of sex crimes working at Kansas shelter for unaccompanied migrant children

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Man with history of sex crimes working at Kansas shelter for unaccompanied migrant children
"I’m not going to go searching for Jeff’s background," the shelter's lead case manager said.
Rebekah Entralgo Joshua Eaton
Jul 6, 2018, 10:01 am


A man with a history of serious sex crimes allegations is working at a shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children in Topeka, Kansas, according to public records reviewed by ThinkProgress.

Jeffrey J. Montague, 63, of Topeka, Kansas, is the human resources manager at The Villages, a nonprofit that has a $5.9 million contract with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to house unaccompanied migrant children

But Montague has an especially checkered past. In 1989, the Boy Scouts of America banned him from participating in the organization’s activities, after allegations surfaced that he had made sexual advances on an exchange student at the high school where he worked. The school elected not to renew Montague’s contract after the incident, according to records from the Boy Scouts.

In October of 2007, Montague was charged with solicitation of sodomy in a public park in Topeka, Kansas, according to court records. He entered a diversion agreement one month later in Topeka Municipal Court.

Montague did not immediately return a request for comment.

“As is standard procedure for all of our employees, Mr. Montague has passed all background checks required by Kansas licensing regulations as well as all Federal [sic] requirements,” Sylvia Crawford, The Villages’ executive director, told ThinkProgress in an email.

Neither the aforementioned Boy Scouts records nor the solicitation charge filed in Topeka Municipal Court appear in LexisNexis, one of the most common databases for employment background checks.

The Villages shelter has taken in 190 children from HHS since February 2017, according to local Topeka NPR affiliate KCUR. Around ten of those children were separated from their families at the Southwest border, KCUR reported.

Crawford declined to comment on how much contact Montague has with children in his current role. But two former employees told ThinkProgress that Montague is in regular contact with the shelter’s youth.

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[blueinredohio]

1. My S.I.L. said yesterday her cousin is a border patrol agent in McAllen Texas

and he told them not to believe what they see on the news. None of it is true. I said they're Trumpsters that's what they're going to tell people. They don't want anyone to know the truth.

[lpbk2713]

2. Probably got the job because he didn't quibble about the pay.

It was his dream job although his employer didn't know it.

[Horse with no Name]

3. Pretty certain this isn't an isolated incident

These kids were ordered to be taken away by monsters, taken away by monsters and given to monsters to “care” for them.
I can’t wait for these crimes to be prosecuted. I hope everyone who had a hand in this rots in prison.

[malaise]

4. I'm betting that many are hiding among the so called Christian

volunteers.

[Scurrilous]

5. K&R

[Hekate]

6. Why am I not surprised. Nauseated, but not surprised. nt