John “Jack” Wayne McLaughlin was a California school teacher and administrator for nearly 30 years, between approximately 1980 and 2010.
We are currently representing victims of sexual abuse by Jack McLaughlin in California.
California recently enacted a new law — Assembly Bill 218 — that allows victims of child sexual abuse in the state of California to bring claims during a limited “window” period.
For a large part of his career, Jack McLaughlin taught within the San Jacinto Unified School District. Jack McLaughlin worked for many years as a drama teacher at San Jacinto High School. He eventually became Principal of a continuation or alternative high school within the San Jacinto Unified School District that served vulnerable youth who were struggling with academic and behavioral challenges. McLaughlin spent time as a teacher at Mountain View High School. During many of his years of employment with San Jacinto School District, Jack McLaughlin lived in and around Hemet, California.
According to court documents, Jack McLaughlin also had extensive experience teaching children with learning disabilities and mental problems. There is some indication that Jack McLaughlin also had prior experience teaching children in mental hospitals and treatment facilities.
Jack McLaughlin was a long-time member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the “Mormon Church” or “LDS Church”). It is believed that McLaughlin may have worked with youth at various times during his affiliation with the Mormon Church.
Jack McLaughlin is believed to have been arrested on criminal charges related to sexual molestation of minor student(s) from at least one school that he worked at.
Jack McLaughlin is also the subject of a current lawsuit filed in Riverside County Superior Court for his repeated and severe sexual abuse of a minor male. We are investigating on behalf of the victim in that case.
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Crew Janci LLP is working with The Zalkin Law Firm of San Diego. The attorneys of The Zalkin Law Firm has aggressively represented survivors who suffered child sexual abuse and sexual assault while members of religious and other organizations, including the Catholic Church, foster care, Boy Scouts, recovery homes, foreign student exchange programs, colleges and the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Irwin Zalkin is a nationally recognized survivor’s attorney who has represented hundreds of abuse survivors to achieve settlements against the Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego of almost $200,000,000, against the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles of $660,000,000, and multimillion dollar judgements against the Jehovah’s witnesses.