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A 51-year-old ex-wrestling coach is facing more than 500 charges in a mind-blowing sex abuse case in which he is accused of raping at least two of his former male students. Police fear there could be more victims.
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Ron Gorman was arrested in Marietta, Ga., on March 3 on 513 total charges including rape of a child, statutory sexual assault and corruption of a minor. According to authorities, Gorman faces 261 charges for one alleged victim, who was between the ages of 10 and 15, plus 252 charges for a second alleged victim who was between the ages of 10 to 13, according to court records.
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Police say allegations began in 2006 when he was a resident of East Stroudsburg, Pa., according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Gorman moved to Georgia in 2009 and was brought back to Pennsylvania after the two alleged victims from his wrestling program came forward a few weeks ago.
“The charges that have been lodged against Mr. Gorman speak for themselves. He is just not safe for the community,” Monroe County Assistant District Attorney Julieane Fry said.
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The two alleged victims are both 20 years old now and are from East Stroudsburg. They were 10 years old when the alleged abuse began, according to WNEP.
Court papers show that the abuse occurred in multiple places including hotels, Gorman’s home in Monroe County and also out of state. One of the alleged victims informed police that Gorman flew him from Pennsylvania to Georgia where he continued the abuse.
The second alleged victim told authorities in February that he “had a poor home life” and was taken in by the Gorman family and “made to feel a part of the family,” according to the criminal complaint.
“He stated that they would go out to dinner and that (Gorman) would also take him to a hotel,” Pennsylvania Trooper Brian Noll wrote in the complaint.
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Noll said that Gorman allegedly abused the boy until he was 15 when the boy told Gorman “he did not want to do it anymore.” He added that Gorman would still send sexually explicit messages to him on Facebook.
Gorman’s attorney said his client is innocent and that the charges are straining the family, including Gorman’s wife, who was at his arraignment.
“The indications are that this is a gentleman who was nothing but a fantastic role model for the vast majority of children for the last 30-plus years and the amount of digging that had to be done by the commonwealth to find two people to say something not of that nature or character is significant,” defense attorney Brett Riegel said.
