Teacher who had sex with boy named on website

‘It’s the American way to keep victims anonymous not accused,’ author taunts

AN AMERICAN website has named the former female teacher who was jailed for having sex with a student.

AN AMERICAN website has revealed the identity of the former female school teacher who was jailed this week for having sex with a student.

The 25-year old woman, who was 23 at the time of the offences, was convicted and sentenced to one year in prison on Thursday for having sex with her 16-year old former student.

Under Irish law the identities of perpetrators and victims of rape defilement and incest cannot be identified. If, however, the victim is an adult they can waive their right to anonymity in order to have their abuser named, but in cases where the victim is a minor both identities are always concealed.

However, a popular American website has revealed the woman’s name as well as apparent images of her from her social media sites.

The website, which ‘grades’ women based on their ‘looks’ and ‘moral compass’, published photos of her and said they were including the convicted woman in their ‘hall of fame’ describing her as ‘smoking hot’. The MoS contacted the author of the article and pointed out that revealing her identity could also lead to identification of her victim.

However, he did not reply to the MoS request for comment and the article remains online.

‘I can honestly say that in the long and glorious history of grading the newest sex scandal teacher, I have never had a case like this one. Irish law says you can’t identify a teacher accused of engaging in “a sex act” with one of her students?

What would the world be like if every country did that… The internet would practically not be worth having any more,’ the article reads.

The author claims to have been sent the details by ‘an anonymous and probably Irish source’.

The article was published in June last year and has remained online ever since despite noting that revealing the woman’s identity is contrary to Irish law.

‘And just to address the obvious legal issues of running afoul of Irish law, I think I’m safely out of their jurisdiction. And it’s the American way to keep victims anonymous, not the accused, so there’s that.’

At Thursday’s hearing the boy read a victim impact statement saying he had developed psychological problems and life-threatening anxiety following the relationship he had with his former teacher. The woman was working at the victim’s school as a substitute English teacher. In 2017 she met the victim, who was aged 15 at the time, at a nightclub where she greeted him with a hug and the pair began to communicate using Snapchat. On the victim’s 16th birthday she picked him up in her car, took him for a drive, gave him a birthday present and had sexual intercourse. Twelve days later she brought the boy to a hotel where they again had sexual intercourse.

The relationship was eventually discovered by the boy’s mother who grew suspicious after being informed of her son’s sporadic school attendance coupled with her knowing her son was in a relationship but refusing to bring his girlfriend to his parents’ home. After speaking with a neighbour and one of her son’s friends she discovered the identity of the woman and immediately contacted the school and subsequently gardaí.

In court, the defendant claimed that she believed the age of sexual consent was 16. However, while Judge Martin Nolan accepted her claim, he said she could have easily investigated and realised that the age of consent was in fact 17.

‘Undoubtedly by way of her misbehaviour, she has brought shame on herself, and ridicule,’ the judge said.

The woman was placed on the sex offenders register by Judge Nolan who, despite deeming her unlikely to re-offend, said she had been reckless, unethical and abused the trust placed in her and therefore a custodial was necessary and imposed two concurrent three-year sentences, with two years suspended in each case.

‘She has brought shame on herself and ridicule’ ‘I have never had a case like this one’