Melissa Moss
Posted by: Webmaster in Church Schools, English Teachers, FE-MV, High Schools, MissouriMelissa R. Moss, 27, a former English teacher at Barat Academy, independent Catholic high school, in Dardenne Prairie, Missouri has been charged with furnishing pornographic material to a minor.
It is alleged that she sent two topless photos of herself to a 15-year-old male student in November.
Moss, a first year teacher, came to the attention of authorities when the boy’s parents complained to the school and to the police.
The parents, while monitoring their son’s e-mail, discovered the e-mail containing the topless photos, an e-mail which allegedly originated from Moss’ private e-mail account. It was sent to the student during a weekend.
The school, which reportedly has a policy that teachers are not to e-mail students about anything that isn’t school-related, suspended Moss, conducted its own investigation and subsequently fired her.
Moss was charged Tuesday in St. Charles County Circuit Court with furnishing pornographic material to a minor, which is a misdemeanor offense.
Moss’s attorney Michael Kielty says that he doesn’t believe his client committed a crime and that “a woman’s bare breasts in and of themselves as being pornographic seems to be a bit strong”.
References:
Mo. Teacher Charged With E-Mailing Topless Photos To Student (2/29/08)
Former Barat Academy Teacher Accused of Emailing Topless Pictures to Student (2/29/08)
School: Student’s parents found topless pictures of teacher (2/29/08)
Teacher charged in topless e-mail case (2/28/08)
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March 29th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Let’s see. There are Hundreds or even those of men where she lives, but yet she feels the need to send topless photos of her self to an underage boy. Wow. I wonder how she ever made it out of college.