Former Principal Sentenced To Jail Term

A former Spokane Catholic school principal accused of molesting a student was sentenced Monday to 90 days in jail.

Donald Andrews, 41, can serve the sentence on work-release, a judge decided.

Rather than face a second molestation trial, Andrews pleaded guilty last month to third-degree assault involving a former student at St. Patrick’s Elementary School.

The student, then 13, told his parents that Andrews fondled him in 1995, when he and a friend spent the night at the principal’s home.

Andrews was fired shortly after the parents reported the incident.

Last year, a Superior Court jury deadlocked 11 to 1 in favor of acquitting the defendant on the molestation charge.

Andrews now works as a car salesman in downtown Spokane. His employment stability is one reason prosecutors agreed to work-release.

The defendant was also fined $5,000. , DataTimes