Teacher appears in court on child sex abuse charges

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The man accused of sexually abusing young children appeared before Judge Barry Steelman this morning.

Duane Sanders did not have an attorney so the court will provide him with one.

Sanders has been suspended from his job as a first grade teacher of Wallace A. Smith Elementary.

He faces multiple charges of sexual abuse and battery along with one count of aggravated child rape.

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