Ernie Lorch Indicted

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high_school/2010/10/13/2010-10-13_ernest_lorch_founder_of_riverside_church_basketball_program_indicted_for_sex_abu.html

Several Riverside players - including Mark Jackson, Chris Mullin, Elton Brand and Ron Artest - became NBA stars.

Lorch was for decades one of the most important men in New York City basketball, a power broker who influenced who would play and coach at local high schools and colleges. He had a longtime relationship with St. John's University and would frequently sit near courtside during the school's games at Madison Square Garden. He won the loyalty of New York basketball players and coaches for decades by spreading his wealth, slipping cash to kids who claimed they needed new shoes or that their parents were struggling to pay the rent.

Lorch's generosity got at least one of those kids in trouble: Former St. John's player Erick Barkley was suspended in 2000 after the NCAA ruled that Lorch's $3,150 payment for Barkley's prep school tuition violated its rules.