New Accuser Reported in Burbine Case

Accused serial child sex abuser John Burbine is now reportedly facing additional charges in Essex County.

According to a Wednesday Salem News report, a new accuser, a boy from Saugus, has stepped forward with allegations about actions that would have occurred from May 1990 to January 1994. The accuser reportedly came forward after seeing the initial media coverage in the case. 

In Middlesex County, Burbine is already facing nearly 100 counts stemming from the alleged sexual abuse of children from the Melrose area. Burbine and his wife Marian were proprietors of the Waterfall Education Center in Wakefield, which offered tutoring and daycare services despite not being fully licensed to do so. Mrs. Burbine is facing six counts of reckless endangerment of a child and had her latest court appearance only last week. She remains under house arrest in Wakefield. 

Since news of the case first broke, state lawmakers have reacted by trying to close loopholes in the state sex offender registry system that allowed Burbine to remain undetected for years as a level 1 sex offender who worked around children.

Burbine has been held at the Billerica House of Corrections since late last year and he has an expected trial date of Dec. 10.

Previous Coverage

• Accused Child Molester's Wife to Stand Trial in August

• Next Marian Burbine Court Date is March 21
  

• Report: Senate GOP To File Bill In Response To Burbine Case

• Burbine Attorney: Media Coverage Has Been Fair So Far

• Lawmakers Propose Comprehensive Reforms To Sex Offender Registry

• Trial Date Set For Wakefield Man Accused of Sexually Abusing Melrose Children

• Burbine Pleads Not Guilty To Nearly 100 Child Sex Counts

• Melrose Mom Remembers Meeting Alleged Molester At Play Groups

• Week in Review: Melrose Mom Remembers Meeting Alleged Molester At Play Groups

• Melrose Victim in Child Sex Crime Linked To Wakefield Day Care Business

• YOUR TURN: Should Level 1 Sex Offender Information Be Public?

• Burbine Arraignment Is Wednesday