OHIO
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Wednesday Oct 23, 2013
Statement by Carol Zamonski, SNAP Central Ohio Leader ( snapcentralohio@yahoo.com, 614-447-2084 )
A Fisher Catholic High School teacher in Columbus was suspended a few days ago for allegedly “sexting” – sending nude or partially nude photos of herself to a student.
We in SNAP believe in the principle of “innocent until proven guilty.” This teacher should not be jailed unless she’s convicted.
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But that concept doesn’t preclude common sense safety steps being taken right now, especially because kids are involved here, because sex crimes are most apt to be repeated and because she’s taught for five years, so the chances of there being other victims are higher.
In child sex cases, we must consider the reputation of one adult AND the well-being of multiple kids. And we must always come down on the side of protecting the safety of several youngsters over the privacy of one adult.
This teacher is suspended. But that doesn’t mean kids are safe. If, in fact, she committed these crimes, she used a cell phone to do so and likely still has a cell phone. So we must put the protection of kids first here.
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