Julie Ireton
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Podcast Appearances
She had very good marks. She was part of the band. But no one asked why she just stopped going to school.
She had very good marks. She was part of the band. But no one asked why she just stopped going to school.
She was still a teen. and needed support, she found it in another man. Someone about a dozen years older.
She was still a teen. and needed support, she found it in another man. Someone about a dozen years older.
Life got back on track. She completed two degrees, then a master's, most of it part-time.
Life got back on track. She completed two degrees, then a master's, most of it part-time.
So she worked as a tax auditor. She raised her son, got divorced, then remarried, then divorced again. She moved across the country. Relationships with men were difficult. But she found herself in her work.
So she worked as a tax auditor. She raised her son, got divorced, then remarried, then divorced again. She moved across the country. Relationships with men were difficult. But she found herself in her work.
She was in a good place at home and work. One day she typed the teacher's name into a search.
She was in a good place at home and work. One day she typed the teacher's name into a search.
Another teenager. A student at another school. He'd been banned from teaching.
Another teenager. A student at another school. He'd been banned from teaching.
The same story as hers. Anne-Marie wasn't alone. There was at least one other woman out there who knew how all this felt. The online report reveals the band teacher had sex with this teen student over and over again, more than 56 times. At school, in cars. The Ontario College of Teachers, the profession's regulator, found him guilty of professional misconduct. But the girl's name is blacked out.
The same story as hers. Anne-Marie wasn't alone. There was at least one other woman out there who knew how all this felt. The online report reveals the band teacher had sex with this teen student over and over again, more than 56 times. At school, in cars. The Ontario College of Teachers, the profession's regulator, found him guilty of professional misconduct. But the girl's name is blacked out.
By this stage, Anne-Marie was married to husband number three. Together they had a daughter, and that little girl had musical talent.
By this stage, Anne-Marie was married to husband number three. Together they had a daughter, and that little girl had musical talent.
But then her daughter joined her high school band and convinced Anne-Marie to pick up the horn again. And that takes us back to that first band practice and the night she saw the ghost.
But then her daughter joined her high school band and convinced Anne-Marie to pick up the horn again. And that takes us back to that first band practice and the night she saw the ghost.
It was easier to imagine her former music teacher dead. She was able to play music again.
It was easier to imagine her former music teacher dead. She was able to play music again.