Alliyah ‘married’ their teacher at 13. No-one else knew
Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual abuse.
Alliyah, 23, who uses they/them pronouns, has chosen to speak out about how their female primary school teacher and abuser was able to hide in plain sight for nearly a decade.
Reporting by Julian Fell, ABC News Story Lab.
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