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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A former private school basketball coach in Salem has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing two students.
KATU-TV reports (http://goo.gl/WYwbTB ) that 37-year-old Donald Mansell was arrested last week and faces three charges of sex abuse. Authorities say he inappropriately touched two teen girls at the Livingstone Adventist Academy.
The Marion County Sheriff's Office has admitted to making a mistake in the case. A spokesman says the office didn't know an arrest warrant had been issued for Mansell in November, which led to the delay in his arrest.
An official with the Oregon Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, which runs the school, says in a statement that the suspect was placed on administrative leave following the incident and resigned shortly after.
Attempts to reach Mansell were unsuccessful.
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Information from: KATU-TV, http://www.katu.com/
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