A teacher at Boston's Mission Hill School was arrested after being accused of touching an 8-year-old child improperly at a Boston hospital Sunday, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.Watch reportJuan P. Cortes, 25, of Jamaica Plain, was arraigned on one count of indecent assault and battery on a child in connection with the incident that allegedly took place at Boston University Medical Center.Boston police were notified by BUMC around 6 p.m. Sunday that an alleged sexual assault had taken place at the hospital earlier in the afternoon.After speaking with witnesses at the hospital, including BUMC police officers who watched video from hospital surveillance cameras, the Boston officers arrested Cortes.Mission Hill Principal Ayla Gavins said Cortes was immediately placed on administrative leave."We are cooperating fully with the Boston Police Department, which has acted aggressively and with urgency to investigate the situation and press charges," Gavins said in a statement. "This is the right thing to do to protect our children. The allegations are still just that, but they are absolutely unacceptable."Gavins said Cortes was a teacher in the school's third- and fourth-grade classrooms. It was not immediately known if the child had any connection with the Mission Hill School."These are shocking allegations, something that was brought to my attention earlier today. It's very disturbing," Mayor Marty Walsh said. "I have all the faith in the Boston Public Schools working with the Boston Police Department and the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office and we're taking this matter very seriously."Cortes was released on $500 cash bail and was ordered to abide by a curfew, wear a GPS monitor and stay away from all children under 16, including the victim.He's due back in court Nov. 26.

A teacher at Boston's Mission Hill School was arrested after being accused of touching an 8-year-old child improperly at a Boston hospital Sunday, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.

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Juan P. Cortes, 25, of Jamaica Plain, was arraigned on one count of indecent assault and battery on a child in connection with the incident that allegedly took place at Boston University Medical Center.

Boston police were notified by BUMC around 6 p.m. Sunday that an alleged sexual assault had taken place at the hospital earlier in the afternoon.

After speaking with witnesses at the hospital, including BUMC police officers who watched video from hospital surveillance cameras, the Boston officers arrested Cortes.

Mission Hill Principal Ayla Gavins said Cortes was immediately placed on administrative leave.

"We are cooperating fully with the Boston Police Department, which has acted aggressively and with urgency to investigate the situation and press charges," Gavins said in a statement. "This is the right thing to do to protect our children. The allegations are still just that, but they are absolutely unacceptable."

Gavins said Cortes was a teacher in the school's third- and fourth-grade classrooms. It was not immediately known if the child had any connection with the Mission Hill School.

"These are shocking allegations, something that was brought to my attention earlier today. It's very disturbing," Mayor Marty Walsh said. "I have all the faith in the Boston Public Schools working with the Boston Police Department and the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office and we're taking this matter very seriously."

Cortes was released on $500 cash bail and was ordered to abide by a curfew, wear a GPS monitor and stay away from all children under 16, including the victim.

He's due back in court Nov. 26.