Former USA Softball president John Gouveia charged with sexual abuse of a minor, released on bail months ago

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California authorities announced Tuesday that a former USA Softball president was arrested and subsequently released on bond months ago on felony charges relating to the sexual abuse of a minor.  

John Gouveia, 61, of Castro Valley, California, was arrested April 14 on eight felony counts of lewd lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office revealed Tuesday. 

Gouveia was booked into the Alameda County Jail in April on the arrest warrant with $250,000 bail, but he arranged for a bond and was released the same day, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday, declining to provide more information on the circumstances of his release. 

Gouveia worked for the National Governing Council for Girls’ Softball in the United States between 1991 and 2019, which included extensive travel both nationally and internationally as commissioner of USA Softball of Northern California and the president of USA Softball, the sheriff’s office said. He also worked with the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District for 25 years until he retired as the general manager in 2016.

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John Gouveia, 61, of Castro Valley, California, is charged with eight felony counts of lewd lascivious act with a child under age 14.  (Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office )

"The victim stemming from this arrest was not associated with USA Softball or the Park District and investigators are not implicating the organization," the sheriff’s office statement said. It was not immediately clear why authorities put out a statement about Gouveia on Tuesday given the criminal