Former O.B. Whaley Elementary School principal Lyn Vijayendran, 36, listens as jurors issue a guilty verdict for failing to report suspected child sex abuse by a teacher following deliberations at the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice in San Jose, Calif. on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. To her left is her attorney, Eric Geffon. (Gary Reyes/Staff)
SAN JOSE — In a verdict hailed by child-abuse experts, a jury Monday found a principal guilty of the extremely rare charge of failing to report suspected sexual abuse to authorities, despite being told by an 8-year-old girl in vivid and explicit detail about a possible sexual act a teacher performed on her.
The conviction of former O.B. Whaley Elementary School principal Lyn Vijayendran was only the second time in two decades that…………… continues on Los Angeles Daily News
