CHARLESTON Louis "Skip" ReVille prayed with, and preyed upon, vulnerable kids he coached and groomed over a decade in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. 
 
 He taught school, led sports teams, guided Bible studies and took kids into his home as a foster parent. In nearly every area of his life, ReVille positioned himself to be close to children, to share their time and win their trust. 
 
 Authorities say he used that access to carry out dark fantasies with adolescent boys. Just how many remains unclear. Mount Pleasant, S.C., police have charged the 32-year-old educator with molesting five teens, but investigators have indicated more counts are on the way, led by ReVille's own confessions. 
 
 Some early warning signs seem to have emerged in ReVille's past, including a 2007 complaint from a summer camper at The Citadel about inappropriate behavior by ReVille. 
 
 A former official at Pinewood Preparatory School in Summerville, where ReVille taught and coached for four years, said faculty and parents there talked about his odd predilection for spending time with boys ages 12 to 14. It appears none of this information was passed on to future employers. 
 
 But folks in Mount Pleasant, where ReVille made himself a ubiquitous presence in youth sports, said they didn't see this scandal coming. 
 
 "Everybody is very shocked and disappointed," said Skip Stasky, president of the Wando All Sports Booster Club. "We are always looking for good people, good coaches, good role models for the kids, and Skip seemed to be all of these things." 
 
 ReVille distinguished himself at The Citadel. He led Bible studies, worked as a summer camp counselor and mentor, and chaired the school's Honor Committee in 2002. 
 
 ReVille, who aspired to attend seminary school, got his first break at Pinewood, where he worked as an English teacher and basketball coach from 2002 to 2006. He was well-liked by many parents, and some withdrew their children when his contract wasn't renewed, said a former Pinewood official who spoke on condition of anonymity. 
 
 The official reason ReVille didn't get renewed was his poor handling of administrative paperwork, the official said. But there was another, unofficial, reason. 
 
 "He put himself around 12- to 14-year-old boys all the time," the official said. "There was talk ... 'Isn't it weird that he does that?' " 
 
 The year after he left the school, one of ReVille's former campers accused him of inappropriate behavior at The Citadel camp five years earlier. The school has said the incident didn't involve physical contact, but officials have refused to release details. No action was taken. 
 
 A youth leader at Eastbridge Presbyterian Church in Mount Pleasant, ReVille often held Bible studies for boys at a local Dunkin' Donuts. At Coastal Christian Preparatory School, where ReVille was just fired as an upper school assistant principal, he took boys off campus on "ice cream runs." 
 
 "It seemed fun and OK," said the mother of a boy who went along with ReVille and two friends. "Now, I have nightmares that I let that happen without saying a thing." 
 
 At Velocity Sports Performance, ReVille hosted "lock-in" sleepovers for groups of boys at the elite training facility. Parents would drop off their kids with ReVille for all-night sessions that mixed basketball, Bible study and other activities. 
 
 "Skip continuously texted my son," said a man whose son played basketball for a team ReVille coached. "He nagged him about coming to his Bible study." 
 
 ReVille sometimes also insisted on having "closed" basketball practices at Moultrie Middle School, parents said. He eagerly offered overnight baby-sitting duty to parents of his tennis and basketball players. He was head coach of a travel team, taking out-of-town trips to tournaments some parents were unable to attend. 
 
 Arrest affidavits indicate the sexual assaults ReVille is accused of occurred in his car on "the roadways of Mount Pleasant" or at his home down the street from Jennie Moore Elementary School. He is accused of fondling, masturbating and performing oral sex on various boys - some on 10 or more occasions. 
 
 ReVille admitted to the allegations when confronted by police Oct. 28, affidavits stated. 
 
 He was arrested the same day, shortly after attending special training to help teachers and administrators prevent child sexual abuse. ||||| CHARLESTON, South Carolina | 
 
 CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - In the wake of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, The Citadel military college in South Carolina, revealed on Saturday that it had investigated accusations against a camp counselor but took no action. 
 
 The man has since been jailed on separate charges of molesting five boys in Mount Pleasant, near Charleston, South Carolina. 
 
 "We regret that we did not pursue this matter further," Citadel President Lt. General John Rosa and Board of Visitors Chair Doug Snyder said in a statement. 
 
 The Citadel said it investigated four years ago accusations of inappropriate conduct with children by Louis Neal "Skip" ReVille, who was a counselor at the military school's camp. 
 
 ReVille is a graduate of The Citadel, the college said, and worked as a counselor at the school's camp for three summers between 2001 and 2003. 
 
 In 2007, a former camper at The Citadel Summer Camp informed the school that five years earlier, when he was 14, ReVille invited him and another boy into his room where the three watched pornography on ReVille's computer and masturbated, college officials said. 
 
 "Because of the seriousness of the accusation, The Citadel's general counsel conducted an investigation immediately, including traveling to the individual and his family and conducting an interview," the statement said. 
 
 "A thorough review of Mr. ReVille's records revealed no other complaints, and interviews indicated that he was highly regarded by those at camp. His file included a clean background check conducted by an outside organization. Unlike his admissions to current charges, Mr. ReVille strongly denied the accusation." 
 
 After graduation from The Citadel, ReVille was a principal at Coastal Christian Preparatory School and had coached sports for years at several area schools and recreation centers, police said. 
 
 He was arrested in October 28 on the child molestation charges. 
 
 The Citadel said it was commenting on the incident now because of media requests since the arrest. Jerry Sandusky, the former defensive coordinator for the Penn State Nittany Lions, was charged on November 5 with sexually abusing eight young boys over a period of nearly 15 years. 
 
 That scandal has forced the resignation of some of Penn State's biggest names, including the school's president, its athletic director and its legendary football coach, Joe Paterno. 
 
 (Editing by James B. Kelleher and Greg McCune)
– Just days into Penn State's sex abuse scandal, a South Carolina military college admits it also failed to report a suspected child molester—who has now been arrested and charged with abusing five teens, the Charlotte Observer reports. "We regret that we did not pursue this matter further," says the president of The Citadel. Four years ago, the college investigated accusations that Citadel Summer Camp counselor Louis "Skip" ReVille invited two teens to his room to watch pornography and touch themselves, Reuters reports. After interviewing the accuser and considering ReVille's otherwise-clean record, school officials took no action. ReVille went on to teach youth sports at schools, a church, and a sports training facility along South Carolina's coast—where parents thought nothing of his predilection for sleep-overs and "ice cream runs" with teenage boys. "It seemed fun and OK," says one mom. "Now, I have nightmares that I let that happen without saying a thing." Arrested late last month, ReVille admitted to performing sex acts on several boys—some more than 10 times. (Read about people who kept quiet about alleged sex abuse at Penn State.)