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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Clearly Brad, you don’t understand the nature of the problem.
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.