JAMAICA
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The principal of the all-girls Hampton School, Heather Murray, who, in one move, has hit the public spotlight, has been summoned, along with the school board Chairman, Trevor Blake, to a meeting with Education, Youth and Information Minister, Ruel Reid.
The principal has come under intense public criticism, especially on social media, for having attended the bail hearing of Moravian minister, Rupert Clarke, in the St Elizabeth Parish Court on Wednesday.
Pastor Clarke appeared in court on a charge of sexual abuse of a minor, after he was allegedly caught by police personnel in a compromising position with a 15-year-old girl in a car in Austin district in St Elizabeth.
At court, Murray was noticeably photographed attempting to block journalists from taking pictures and video footage of Clarke exiting the building after the hearing..
The school principal has since issued a statement, seeking to justify her actions.
In the statement, she said she attended the court hearing in a show of support for Clarke’s wife, who has been her close friend from their childhood days.
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