A former College of Education professor was fired after he failed to tell the University he served jail time for sexual abuse against children and multiple counts of sodomy, and the University reports “no developments regarding the termination.”

Cecil Fore III was hired in August 2001 and was on the tenure track in the College of Education’s Department of Special Education.

In April 2006 he was promoted to associate professor with tenure, according to documents obtained by The Red & Black.

A “large component” of his work at the University included traveling to 13 schools between 2004 and 2006 to implement “positive behavorial supports to curb school-wide discipline,” the document states.

In 1991, Fore was convicted on multiple counts of sodomy in the second degree and one count of sexual abuse in the second degree against three special education students in junior high schools in Montgomery, Ala., according to court documents.

On Oct. 21 of this year, the Office of Legal Affairs received information about Fore’s conviction of sexual assault and three-year incarceration in Alabama, according to a Oct. 29 internal administration document obtained by The Red & Black in an open records request.

Two days later, Adams sent Fore a letter informing him of his termination based on “falsification of document filed at the time of your employment.”

In a taped conversation with Ohio author Ted Schwarz, Fore said there was a conviction and he served jail time, but said the charges were false and “nothing happened,” according to documents.

However, Fore supplied false information on his security questionnaire prior to being hired by the University, Tom Jackson, vice president for public affairs, told The Red & Black in October. The administration “moved immediately” to fire Fore, Jackson said.

John Millsaps, a Board of Regents spokesperson, told The Red & Black in October that new faculty hires who have power over “cash, kids or keys” must submit to a background check.

Fore was not subject to this new BOR policy because he had reached his tenure status in 2006, before the policy took effect in January 2008. Fore was given a two-week suggested time to request a hearing, but neither he nor his lawyer have made any attempt to do so, according to documents. A phone call Tuesday afternoon to Fore’s lawyer was not returned.

Anne Bothe, department head for Communication Sciences and Special Education, and Arthur Horne, dean of the College of Education, contacted administrators at each of the schools to “inform them of the circumstances and answer any questions they may have,” the document states. Efforts to reach Bothe were unsuccessful Tuesday.

At this time, the schools have not expressed any “issues or concerns,” according to the documents.