Weimar University. While privacy laws do not allow the university to provide further information at this time about personnel matters, it should be known that Weimar acted immediately and appropriately at every step. On November 13, , I traveled up to the Weimar area to interview someone for a story I was writing for Compass Magazine which is now defunct. Every time I plan to drive up the 5 Freeway, I think I will wake up early, get on the road, and avoid the infamous Southern California traffic.
My alarm went off at am, but I forgot why I was waking up this early and went back to sleep. At am, IA co-founder Mike was outside my house calling me. I got out of bed, into the shower, put on clean clothes, and was in the car by am.
By this time, we had no choice but to join the heavy traffic going up to northern California. Even though I was driving up North for another story, I had also received a news tip alleging there had been four sexual assaults on minors and one sexual assault on an adult female student on the campus of the then Weimar college.
In all five cases, the perpetrator was the same person. We stopped at Weimar so I could ask to talk to someone in charge. George Araya. I left a note for Dr. Araya, which is reproduced below in this article. I assume the receptionist must have opened the envelope and read the contents herself because I soon received a text also reproduced below confirming a meeting. I interviewed my other subject and then returned the campus to meet with Dr. George Araya after the evening vespers.
I recall that Pr. Mackintosh was speaking at the vespers so I waited until the meeting was done to meet Dr. Araya introduced himself and another colleague, whose name now escapes me.
