UPDATED: Child Porn Allegations Against Camp Counselor Surfaced in 2014

Three employees of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit were fired Wednesday over their handling of allegations against a former camp counselor accused of abusing and taking graphic photos of young children at a summer camp, the Detroit Free Press is reporting.

The Free Press cites two sources in its report of the fallout from allegations against Matthew Kuppe, 21, who was also fired early this month after administrators of the Jewish Community Center learned of the allegations against him.

Kuppe, of West Bloomfield, was back in federal court Thursday on charges of production, distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography. His attorney, Walter Piszczatowski, has asked that Kuppe be released on bond to the custody of his parents on specified conditions, the newspaper said.

His parents, Richard and Linda Kuppe, are willing to serve as a third-party custodian of their son, a college student with no criminal history, according to court records.

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“We have lived in the same home since Matthew was four years old,” Richard Kuppe wrote in a sworn affidavit. “Other than the three years he lived in a dormitory at MSU, he has lived with us his entire life. My wife and I run our business out of our home. One of us can be physically present in the home at virtually all hours of the day and night.”

Federal authorities allege Kuppe abused several children, had graphic conversations with them and then shared nude photos he had taken in a folder marked “Jewish boys” on an Internet sharing website based in Russia.

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Michael Layne, a spokesman for the Jewish Community Center wouldn’t confirm the firings of the three employees when asked by the Free Press, saying “it is not our policy to comment on employee terminations.”

The Jewish Community Center is conducting its own internal internal investigation, Layne said. The West Bloomfield Police Department is interviewing additional victims.

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“We’ve interviewed at least five different children,” West Bloomfield Deputy Police Chief Curt Lawson said. “We’re going to interview more children down the road.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara Woodward has described the case as “every parent’s nightmare.” The photos shared online can never be retrieved, Woodward said.