A counsellor exchanged intimate phone conversations with a prisoner who had been sexually abused in state care as a teenager. Photo / 123rfA counsellor exchanged intimate phone conversations with a prisoner who had been sexually abused in state care as a teenager. Photo / 123rfEmma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand HeraldA female counsellor started an "intimate relationship" with a prisoner in his late 20s who had been sexually abused as a teenage boy in state care. Not only did the counsellor exchange intimate phone conversations, she also visited the man in prison and sent him gifts and money. Counsellor: "I'd love to get you into a room for 24 hours and bloody get you into shape."

Source: New Zealand Herald May 03, 2021 02:09 UTC