HAWAII
KITV
[with video]
HONOLULU —One year in prison. That’s how much time a former Sacred Hearts Academy teacher will spend behind bars for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old student.
“Teachers are not supposed to tell their students don’t tell anyone about this or I will get in trouble. Mr. Plourde did. You are not supposed to manipulate the students into doing something wrong. But, Mr. Plourde did,” said the sexual assault victim in court on Wednesday.
With tears streaming down her face and hands shaking the victim, a teenage student, begged Judge Glenn Kim to send her former teacher to prison.
“I suffer with days that I questioned my life. Days that I cried and cried. Days that I would have outbreaks of anger and hate. As much as I suffered, he should suffer behind bars as well,” said the victim.
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