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Police: Husband of principal lured underage foreign exchange students into home, molested them

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A Brooksville, Fla., man has been arrested after he reportedly lured underage boys into his home and molested them between August 2016 and May 2017.

Bruce P. McAllister, 68, is married to the principal at Hernando Christian Academy and he is a staff member at the school. 

On April 29, 2017, the Brooksville Police Department received a complaint about sex offenses happening at the home of Bruce McAllister in Brooksville.

Police began investigating and found that McAllister used a school sponsored foreign exchange program to lure victims into his home. Police say he courted and molested several underage teenage boys while under his guardianship. 

The foreign exchange students are 17-year-old boys from Italy. 

McAllister was booked into the Hernando County Jail on $77,000 bond. 

The investigation is ongoing. McAllister faces five counts of sexual battery by custodian and 27 counts of battery. 

Police believe there could possibly be more victims as the exchange student program has been around since 2006. If you have any information, please contact Detective Pasternak at 352-540-3800 or Crime Stoppers at 1-866-990-8477.