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You know, we're reporting this story at a time when abuse in professional sports
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is coming to light. And maybe it shouldn't be surprising that disgustingly inappropriate behavior by
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so-called role models and the secrecy and the cover-ups extends all the way down to high school and even middle
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school. But still, the numbers are really astounding. It's estimated that 7% of middle and high school students
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will be sexually abused by a teacher or coach. That's millions of kids who will be betrayed, whose lives will be turned
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upside down by people they're supposed to trust. In this hour, we'll tell the story of
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one teacher, a middle school teacher who sexually abused his students. When the girls came forward after the school
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stopped ignoring them and listened to what they were saying, the teacher committed suicide. He drove his car off
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a cliff here in Big Su. But the damage was already done. One of his victims, who's now in her 20s, told us that every
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day she's still reeling from what that man did to her when she was 12 years old.
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She was failed not only by that teacher, but by the administration that wanted to
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keep the status quo, sweep his behavior under the rug. Abuse and excuse. It's not just
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happening in professional sports. It's happening in our schools. It's happening to our kids by the very people who were
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supposed to protect them.