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A former student at Holy Cross High School claims in a lawsuit that Aimee Tkacz-Casini, an ex-teacher at the school, had a sexual relationship with him.
According to Fox, the plaintiff in the lawsuit, identified as the alias John Roe, is seeking damages from the school as he claims that Tkacz-Casini used her position as a teacher to engage in an inappropriate sexual relationship from September 2000 to June 2001. “Roe” said the officials at the school knew or should have known the teacher had engaged in inappropriate sexual contact.
Furthermore, the suit claims that Holy Cross officials failed to supervise Tkacz-Casini and failed to inform the teachers and staff of what constituted appropriate and inappropriate behavior between teachers and students.
Holy Cross High School released the following statement:
“Holy Cross High School has been made aware of the matter from years ago and will fully cooperate with the authorities in its legal process. The safety and well-being of our students is a top priority. The school is a Christian community steadfast in its resolve to foster the integration of the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical and social growth of each individual.”
Tkacz-Casini is just the latest teacher to be charged for an alleged relationship with a teenager student. Over the course of just a few months, educators across the country were arrested for entering into an inappropriate relationship with their students, Tennessee teacher Janet Smothers, LaToya Parker, Florida teacher Caroline Lawson, 26-year-old Allyson Moran and Katherine Ross Ridenhour were all arrested on similar charges. A woman named Kayla Sprinkles was arrested in North Carolina for similar sexual crimes.
The list goes on to include 22-year-old Oklahoma science teacher Hunter Day, 28-year-old teacher Megan Kotarski, 23-year-old history teacher Michelle Schiffer, 29-year-old Alyssia Marie Reddy, special education teacher Jordan Ondish and 28-year-old Samantha Fitzpatrick have all been allegedly carrying on inappropriate relationships with their students.
In addition, 31-year-old Nicole Marie Andrews, 32-year-old Jessica Langford, 29-year-old Andrea Baber, 27-year-old Robin Dunlap, 27-year-old Jennifer Olajire-Aro have also been charged with these charges.
34-year-old Miranda Nicole Pauley was charged with similar crimes, Nancy Leigh Ann Brann, a former Christian school teacher, was arrested for having sex with a student, Coine Audiat pleaded no contest to having sex with a minor in 2016 and 23-year-old Darci Lake was arrested for an inappropriate relationship. 27-year-old Brittany Zamora from Arizona was arrested on similar charges. Keri Hoffman, 35, was also arrested for an alleged relationship with a student. More recently, 29-year-old Tiffany Ranweiler-Oblander and 33-year-old Maren Oates were arrested on similar charges.
