OGDEN (UT)
KSL
August 22nd, 2005 @ 5:19pm
Sandra Yi Reporting
The trial began today for the Sunday school teacher accused of sexual abuse. The man was a primary teacher in his LDS congregation. Today the young victims testified in court.
A six-year old girl who was in kindergarten when the alleged abuse happened last year, told the court her primary teacher touched her in class while she was coloring a picture of Jesus. She said her teacher, Aaron Montoya, came up behind her and put his hand under her skirt and touched her privates. She used a doll to show the jury how he did it.
She said Montoya touched her a lot of times in the church classroom. Prosecutors asked, "Are you here because he really did or because someone told you to say that?" "He really did," she said.
The girl's brother also testified. He said he overheard his sister and another little girl talk about the alleged abuse while on the school bus. The boy then told his mother.