Teacher Christopher Culver Arrested for Inappropriately Touching First Grade Boys
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Christopher Culver, 32, of Clifton Park, NY was charged with first degree sexual abuse for inappropriately touching several male students at Okte Elementary School in Shenendehowa.
Culver taught first grade and had also been a kindergarten teacher at the school. He was such a popular teacher that parents requested that their children be placed in his class. Culver confessed to police when he was arrested.
The school’s superintendent said Culver’s pre-employment background check turned up no warning signs.
Police will be interviewing students from Culver’s previous classes as well as whether he had molested any children when he was a camp counselor at the Skye Farm Methodist Youth Camp, a job he’s held since 1992.
The sexual abuse came to light after a parent told police that her child said that Culver inappropriately touched him. Children in the Shen school district receive instruction on sexual abuse prevention in kindergarten through second grade. They learn about safety and speaking with strangers.
Sounds like the class worked and the abused child went right to mom and told her what was going on. Good boy!
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April 2nd, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Okay, so let’s get the facts straight. The Post Star, a Glens Falls based paper who is getting things wrong all of the time reported that Christopher Culver confessed, they also said he played basketball in highschool. Funny thing is both facts were wrong. They recinded the confession, but the poison had already been put out there.
I grew up with the accused. Haven’t seen him in years, but knew him from the time I was 5 until 18. We graduated a class of 36, so I would say we all knew each other pretty well. I never knew Chris to hang out with little boys, there was never a question of him having issues with being around children. Ever since we were small all he wanted to do was be a teacher. He was always soft spoken, well mannered, and participated in many school activities.
Is is possible? It is possible that it could be anyone. Do I believe it? No. There would have been signs. There would have been something
In school I always thougth maybe Chris was gay, as did others. I really believe that this may have carried over into adulthood. I was honestly shocked to know that he was married. I always thought he would have a “partner”.
It is possible that some parent has had the same thought and it has turned into this. Don’t you remember out west when there was a couple who were accused by many children of doing horrible things to them. It was all shown to not be true. It was all made up, because the parents started asking questions and children have a funny way of saying things that they think thier parents want to hear.
It is scary. I have children and I worry about things like this all of the time. I am constantly getting letters from school, letting me know that yet another person who has committed crimes against children is living in my community. We are taught not to trust anyone.
I just hope that the truth comes out. If he did do this then he deserves what he gets, but if it comes out that he did nothing…his life has been ruined. For what?
December 7th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
This is a reply to my earlier post.
I sickens me beyond belief that someone that I grew up with and who was a friend of mine actually admitted in court just last week that he is in fact guilty of these charges.
It just really goes to show that anyone is capable of these kinds of things. You can’t trust anyone. As a parent, I now look at every single person I see as a potential child molester.
I only hope that the young boys who were put into this horrible situation by Chris Culver are able to heal and have happy lives.
December 8th, 2007 at 2:34 am
Yeah SKP something went wrong with this dude somwhere….best to just let it go man….its not who you were that matters….its who you turn out to be. This guy obviously has issues beyond our depth. Move on…..what he did will come back to bite him bad…..thats the way pedophile “karma” works.
December 8th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
SKP i have talked to Chris and i KNOW that he is innocent. Because someone pleads guilty does not mean in any way that the person committed the crime. It’s all the politics of our court system. You gave an example yourself: “It is possible that some parent has had the same thought and it has turned into this. Don’t you remember out west when there was a couple who were accused by many children of doing horrible things to them. It was all shown to not be true. It was all made up, because the parents started asking questions and children have a funny way of saying things that they think thier parents want to hear.” This is what has happened to Chris our judicalsystem had failed to realize. It isn’t as simple as “innocent until proven guilty.” Chris’s life has been taken away from him for nothing. Chris pleaded guilty because his CHANCES of winning were too low. He wanted a lesser sentence, plea bargin. The descion was difficult beyond belief, like a simple roll of a dice to dicide a fate to give up years and years of your life. Chris is innocent, the evidnece wasn’t there to back him up, and the evidnece used against him was false. What we all fail to realize is that our judical sysstem is not GOD. There are innocent victims who are punished for crimes they did not commit, Chris is one them
December 11th, 2007 at 3:03 am
Yeah our judicial system is a scary monster in these matters no doubt about it. And if Chris is indeed innocent then its a horrible travesty.
I wouldn’t suggest this for most NORMAL people but if I were in Chris’s position, I would raise holy immortal HELL as they took me in and fucked with me during their interogation and bullshit. I’d totaly “lose it” and go nuts in obvious outrage..I’d make sure and make it obvious to all, no matter what the hell I had to do or what lengths I’d need to take. Why not? Its not like you have anything to lose at this point. Shit if their gonna’ take me in and take me down for nothing then hell, I’m already an easy target, might-as-well-be a moving target. And maybe….just maybe….someone unusualy intelligent and insightful on the law enforcement side would see this in me and probe below the superficial bullshit surface, and get to the bottom of matters.
But thats just me. I’m an aggressive alpha male in-your-face kind of personality. Chris is probably a gentleman. In wich case I truly feel for him if he’s innocent.
December 14th, 2007 at 9:32 am
The thing is that I knew this family very well when I was younger. They are strongly tied to the church. I just don’t believe that they would have ever let him plead guilty unless he was. They come from a long line of teachers and people who are involved in the community. They would have let their faith lead them to whatever the judge and jury believed to be right. I don’t believe that Chris would have given up like this unless he was guilty.
And honestly, I never knew Chris to be an Alpha male, far from it. I don’t believe that he will survive in prison.
December 19th, 2007 at 2:51 am
Well apparently….something obviously inapparoppriate took place at some point….because innoccent children just don’t spin tales like this out of thin air….what would be their motive?
Anyway….I have no knowledge or interest in cases involving male sexual perpertraters(spl) so I can’t comment conclusively or concretely but I do know this….guilty or innoccent this guy is in a heap of trouble at this point either way.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Arnold, hmmmm how do I say this. U don’t KNOW shit. What did Culver tell you he was innocent, is that how you know? I am a father of one of the boys that was molested by Culver. I thought he was gay when I first met him as well. I was shocked when he got married to a woman. When I saw her I thought it was a cover for both of them. I think he was all ways twisted and having a baby pushed him over the edge. He must have really held his nose on that one. One kid came forward on his own. Once the police heard about it they investigated, good job and my son was interviewed in my presence and denied anything happened but did talk about the sparkle game where the boys sat on his lap, only the boys. Later on his own my son came to me and told me the truth. All I ever said to him before this was that he should tell the truth. I didn’t grill him with questions or anything. When the police first came to us we thought there must be some mistake, but the facts proved otherwise. He did it, he should go to jail, he will probably not be granted an appeal. There is much more to the case you don’t even know about. I know some but I don’t think I know all that the police found out about this sad little man. I also don’t think he will survive in prison. May God have mercy on his soul, his new room mates probably won’t.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Oh yeah, Psalm 31 my ass.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:10 am
No doubt.
Yeah what this guy did was bizarre and inexcusable, I don’t care how tough his childhood was this was a perversion beyond redemption….but not to worry this guy’s ass is toast, beleive me his fellow inmates will make sure and bring him to justice with great suffering.
On a less morbid note……thanks for stepping up to the plate and coming forward Mr. Concerned Parent and expressing the hard evidence against this perv like that…..it takes guts to handle what your son has been through and to expose the creep who is responsible.
Your more poised than I am….I’d be in prison right now for manslaughter had this been my child.
Your obviously more man than I….more emotionaly mature. I admire you resilient nature.
August 4th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
I find it hard to believe Christopher Culver would do such a thing, I knew him for YEARS at Skye Farm Camp, and he NEVER EVER did any thing like this. I don’t believe it. He had a wife and a kid for crying out loud! Poor Chris.
December 4th, 2008 at 1:34 am
I am related to one of the kids in his class that spoke up about what Culver did. None of the charges are false. He is guilty, and he knows he is. Jack he did do it, it might be hard to believe but its all true. I hope he has fun in prison.