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MORRISON, Colo. (CBS4) ― Administrators at a Christian school in Morrison are again defending themselves against accusations they attempted to mislead parents and students about a criminal incident involving a student and a staff member.

Silver State Christian School, which has about 240 students, has been under fire for months since its principal, Daniel Brock, was suspended and then charged with sexual assault on two male students. Brock allegedly fondled the students' genitals. A judge has ordered Brock to stand trial on two felony counts and one misdemeanor charge. The school terminated Brock in late May.

CBS4 has filed several reports as part of an ongoing investigation into incidents at the school. One of those reports prompted the school to release a written statement. In it, a school spokesperson wrote that in 2002, "a school bus driver on staff assaulted a male high school student during a school outing, leading to the driver being fired and criminally charged."

The school offered no names, dates or details about what occured. The incident was referred to as an "assault" twice in the statement. (Entire statement: Silver State Christian School Statement)

But a subsequent CBS4 investigation has learned the 2002 assault was actually a sexual assault -- one that led to the school staff member, Sean Asa Miller, being convicted of felony and misdemeanor sex assault charges and leading to him being categorized as a registered sex offender.

"Lies have been told, I really feel that way," the victim of the 2002 sex assault told CBS4.

CBS4 is not releasing the man's name as he was a sex assault victim. He agreed to speak out after seeing the school's statement categorizing what happened to him as an assault.

"I think it was a bit of deception," he said after reading the school's statement. "It was not accurate. It was portrayed as something minor. It was earth-shattering."

According to records obtained by the CBS4 investigation, on a 2002 school choir trip to Watertown, Wis., school employee Sean Miller fondled the male student's genitals while he slept.

"He was touching me inappropriately," said the victim. "He was trying to remove clothing of mine. He thought I was asleep."

In a subsequent interview with police, Miller confessed to the sexual assault saying "it was poor judgment."

Miller later pleaded guilty to one felony count of second-degree sexual assault and a misdemeanor sex assault charge. He was sentenced to three years probation and is required to register as a sex offender.

Contacted by CBS4, Miller admitted to what he did. He said he had been following the CBS4 investigation and had seen the school statement at cbs4denver.com. Miller said he, too, thought the school's statement was misleading in omitting the word "sexual" in describing the assault.

The victim said he was offended when he read the school's statement about what happened.

"With deliberate wording they chose their statements which were not true. Because of that I knew someone had to tell the truth and I'm going to do that," he said.

Silver State President Dr. Les Heinze refused to talk to CBS4 about the wording of the statement and a school spokesperson declined to speak on camera.

In an e-mail to CBS4, Krista Nash said "there was no intent to mischaracterize the incident. We were not deceptive or misleading in this statement. It was written in the context of answering your question about sexual assault charges. It is clear that the full content of the statement infers 'sexual assault,' not physical assault … we were not switching thought processes when we communicated the 2002 matter with you." (Read Nash's full statement here regarding the omission of the word "sexual.")

The victim says there's another untold aspect to what happened to him.

Months after the sexual assault, and after the school had fired Miller, the victim saw Miller back on campus repairing a sprinkler system.

"It really scared me," said the victim. "I look over and he was there working on the sprinklers."

When he asked school administrators why the man who sexually assaulted him was back on campus working, he said he was told Miller "was the only one who could take care of the sprinklers and could do what needed to be done in order to fix it."

Miller confirmed the story saying he returned to work on the sprinkler system as a volunteer and at the request of administrators.

"If my safety was the priority, why would they bring him back?" asked the victim.

Additional Resources

View the Daniel Brock arrest warrant affidavit. Information identifying alleged victims has been redacted by the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office. The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office is asking anyone with additional information on the case to call Investigator Dave Lynn at (303) 271-6800.

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