Police: Connecticut Care Worker, 77, Arrested for Kissing 8-year-old Girl

A Plymouth man was arrested last month and is being charged with risk of injury to a minor for kissing an 8-year-old girl on the lips, the Waterbury Republican-American reported.

John L. Wunsch, 77, worked at Plymouth Learning Center where he worked for the day care’s after-school program at Plymouth Center School. The incident allegedly happened on school property in a stairwell on April 28.

Wunsch allegedly admitted to police he kissed the girl but said it was a “friendly gesture,” the publication reported.

The girl gave the details of the incident to a clinical child interview supervisor at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford.

Patrick Cooney, Wunsch’s attorney told the Republican American that what his client is accused of did “not fall under the serious side of the spectrum” of the charge.

Wunsch was released on a $25,000 bond, and his next court date is September 23 in Superior Court, Bristol.

Read the full Republican-American story here.