Civil Verdict Finds Former NJ School Psychologist Pete Johns Sexually Abused Student in 1980s

December 18, 2025

An Orange County jury has found that a former Pine Bush school psychologist sexually abused an eighth-grade student more than three decades ago — and also found the Pine Bush School District and Board of Education negligent in failing to stop it.

The civil case was filed under New York’s Child Victims Act by a man who is now 51 years old.

The lawsuit accused former school psychologist Peter Johns of grooming the student….

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