Former nonprofit employee who helped foster children arrested on child endangerment charges

WACO, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) — An employee of a nonprofit group that helps abused and neglected foster children navigate the court system was arrested Wednesday with his wife after authorities searched their Texas home and found the conditions in which they and their two children were living.John Moorman, 51, director of advocacy at CASA of McLennan County, and his wife, 48-year-old Leslie Moorman, were expected to be released Thursday from the county jail on $5,000 bonds each. Both were arrested on state felony charges of endangering a child.Employment statusJohn Moorman, a former Child Protective Services worker, was placed on administrative leave Wednesday from his job, said CASA Executive Director Ashlee Knutson.“Moorman is no longer employed by CASA of McLennan County,” Knutson said Thursday.CASA, or Court-Appointed Special Advocates, recruits, trains and supports volunteers who assist children in the foster care system.Knutson said the arrests of John Moorman and his wife had not