Lt. Col. Joseph “Jay” Morse, Top Army Assault Prosecutor, Accused Of Sexual Assault
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from Opposing Views:
“We can confirm that this matter is currently under investigation and that the individual in question has been suspended from duties pending the outcome of the investigation,” an Army official told Stars and Stripes, speaking under condition on anonymity. “Given that this is still an open case, we are precluded from providing any additional information at this point.”
At a time when investigations of sexual assault are at an all-time high, Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our Defenders, said that Morse’s case is yet another example of why the sexual assault “status quo” needs an overhaul.
“If true, this case is yet another disheartening example of the hollow pledges of ‘zero tolerance’ we have heard for more than 20 years,” Parrish wrote in an email. “When the military has those at top of the chain who are in charge of fighting sexual assault accused of sexual misconduct at a conference on sexual assault it should be clear to every level headed human being [that] the status quo must be changed.”
