KMBC 9 INVESTIGATES: Educator statutory rape survivor: 'My truth is important'
A woman named Julie read from an impact statement last month as a Jackson County judge and several observers listened. Julie’s husband and her counselor sat beside her."My truth is important," she told everyone in the virtual court hearing. "It matters, and I am grateful to share it with you today."The mom, wife, health care worker and devoted follower of Jesus had finally conquered the memories of child molestation that gave her nightmares for nearly two decades. In the virtual hearing that morning, the teacher Julie met at Holden High School in 2003, Josh Hood, sat quietly near his...
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