April 28, 2005

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A TEACHER AND A PRIEST:

'ET' Ponies Up for Letourneau Wedding (Zap2it.com, 4/28/05) "Entertainment Tonight" has won the rights to televise the wedding of former schoolteacher Mary Kay Letourneau and her student-turned-fiance, Vili Fualaau. [...]

Letourneau, you'll recall, was a 34-year-old teacher and mother of four when she began having an affair with the then 12-year-old Fualaau, one of her sixth-grade students, about a decade ago. She was convicted of raping the boy and served a 7 1/2-year prison sentence that ended last August.

Posted by Orrin Judd at April 28, 2005 04:01 PM
Comments

Isn't that wonderful. Where may I send flowers?

Posted by: Genecis at April 28, 2005 05:53 PM

Well, she's a woman for one thing. A man in that situation would have been crucified. Different standards, based to some degree on different natures.

Posted by: ghostcat at April 28, 2005 05:57 PM

7 1/2 years seems like a pretty severe sentence to me. these days, this particular violation, gets prosecuted the same for men and women perps.

Posted by: cjm at April 28, 2005 07:20 PM
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