Principal in sex scandal is alive!

BY ALICIA SUTHERLAND Observer staff reporter

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The acting principal of the Christiana High School who has been embroiled in a sex scandal, triggered by photographs circulated on social media, is alive, contrary to rumours on social media that he was dead.

The Manchester police said yesterday that family members assured them that the teacher was alive but that he was not prepared to speak.

At the same time, police said relatives were not prepared to reveal the whereabouts of the acting principal, who is married and a father of three.

The police were prompted to go in search of the embattled educator after a photo of a body on a slab started circulating on social media. Rumour had it that the body was that of the educator and that he had either killed himself or was murdered as a result of the pictures, which featured a young man, being circulated.

The acting principal confirmed to Nationwide News on Tuesday that the pictures making the rounds on social media was indeed him, but insisted that it had been doctored to add the homosexual element. He said the pictures started circulating after he lost his phone and that he would take up the matter with the police.

Meanwhile, the school board is to meet at 10:00 tomorrow morning to discuss the fate of the educator.

Yesterday, Calvin Lyn, chairman of the school board, told the Jamaica Observer that the school community is “coping” with the scandal and it has been “bombarded with calls”.

“We are trying to keep our ends together, not to play it down but to see how best it can be dealt with,” Lyn said.

“I know it can be a rumour. I have friends who say you can doctor these things,” Lyn said, referring to the controversial photos.

“I hope I get to talk with him before I form an opinion,” he added.

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