Teacher at private Christian school arrested after allegedly having sex with child
Katelin Campbell, a 34-year-old English teacher at the 7th-12th grade CH Friend School in Halifax County, was arrested Thursday and charged with having consensual sex with a child 15 years or older, state prosecutors said, according to WSET.
Campbell was fired immediately after the allegations were brought up to school officials, who then reported it to the police.
'We chose integrity instead of it being swept under the rug. Scripture is very clear that if it was done in the dark, it was going to be brought to light,' headmistress Dana Jones told WSET.
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Campbell was arrested Thursday in relation to child sex crimes in Halifax County.
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Campbell was an English teacher at CH Friend School.
CH Friend School
'We understand that taking it to the police department, it was going to come shine a light on us. We took what we were told to them and let them carry on with their investigation.'
Jones would not say whether or not the victim was a student at the CH Friend School.
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Campbell is additionally charged with taking indecent liberties with a child by a person in a custodial relationship.
She was booked at the Halifax County Adult Detention Center and was released on bond.
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