This isn’t the first of San Diego Pride’s problems involving sex offenders. There were three other alleged sex offenders who were involved with the event and resigned prior to the parade and festival.

On Monday afternoon, the executive director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Board resigned in the wake of a scandal involving sex offenders at this year’s event, and another board member told an audience at a community meeting on Monday night that a clown who worked the Children’s Garden may be a registered sex offender.

“It was brought to our attention … by a board member from Los Angeles that a name on Megan’s List is that of a clown who worked in our Children’s Garden since the 1990s,” said the board in a written statement released on Monday. “To our shock and dismay, we are currently contacting professional and community sources to help us confirm whether the information … is accurate or false.”

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