He Was My High School Teacher, Then My Husband
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Sarah Kopp was groomed from the age of 15 by her high school PE teacher, Paul Grealy, beginning an unlawful relationship that continued into adulthood.
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Host: Meshel Laurie
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains accounts of child sexual assault. |
| 0:04.6 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:07.5 | This is Australian True Crime with Michelle Laurie. |
| 0:10.4 | Our guest today is Sarah Copp, who is speaking publicly about the long-term impact of grooming |
| 0:16.0 | by her former high school PE teacher Paul Greeley. |
| 0:19.7 | At just 15, while a student at Eurangan State |
| 0:22.2 | High School in Harvey Bay, Sarah was drawn into an unlawful relationship shaped by praise, |
| 0:28.3 | boundary violations and secrecy. Dynamics, she says, continued to influence her well into adulthood. |
| 0:34.8 | In the meantime, they had married and had several children. Years later, |
| 0:39.5 | she reported Greeley to police and in 2023, he was found guilty of multiple child sex offences. |
| 0:46.1 | Today, Sarah is a dance teacher and founder of Step In for Kids, an initiative focused on helping |
| 0:51.7 | communities recognise the warning signs and prevent abuse. |
| 0:55.9 | Sarah joins us on Australian True Crime to talk about it. |
| 0:59.4 | This is Australian True Crime. |
| 1:01.4 | We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land |
| 1:03.7 | on which this podcast is created, |
| 1:05.8 | the Wurundri Woi Wurang people of the Koolin Nation. |
| 1:10.7 | I think it takes so long to process what's happened to you and the dynamic of the relationship, |
| 1:19.0 | because especially when, you know, you've been growing in such formative years, |
| 1:24.3 | you don't really have any life experience or the development to know what is healthy |
| 1:29.4 | and what is real. |
| 1:31.1 | So, yeah, it's so easy to get trapped into these things. |
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