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Outspoken councillor for the Trafalgar Division in St Andrew, the PNP’s Kari Douglas on Friday reiterated her call for Hampton High principal Heather Murray to be fired or resign after her appearance at a bail hearing for an accused child molester.
Douglas, in a media release, said she has taken note of media reports concerning the controversial attendance of Murray at a bail hearing for 64-year-old Moravian pastor, Rupert Clarke, in the St Elizabeth Parish Court. Pastor Clarke was charged on Tuesday after being allegedly caught in a compromising position in his car with a 15-year-old girl in Austin district, St Elizabeth.
Douglas, who had earlier called for Murray’s dismissal via Facebook, said she is troubled by the developments and finds unsatisfactory, Murray’s ‘explanation’ that she merely attended Court in support of her friend who’s the wife of the accused man.
The Councilor for the Trafalgar Division said she also finds deeply troubling that Murray has failed to address several reports which indicate that she attempted to block photographs being taken by the media of the accused child abuser.
Commenting, Councilor Douglas said, “for far too long, communities and especially so people in society who should know better have sent both overt and tacit signals of support for persons accused of sexually molesting our children. I have seen in my division and across the country cases where little girls who are being abused are fearful of speaking out because the abuser receives support from authority figures. Mrs. Murray’s explanation for her attendance at Court is unsatisfactory and should be rejected.”
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