But it's not what you're probably thinking this time.
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Sex Scandal Rocks Catholic High
COLONIE, N.Y., August 2, 2005
A female teacher at a Catholic high school in Albany, N.Y., allegedly
had sex with a male student and, reports Judy Sanders of CBS affiliate
WRGB-TV in Albany on The Early Show, he's not the only one with whom
she's said to have had relations.
Beth Geisel, a 42-year-old Christian Brothers Academy writing
instructor, mother of four and wife of a bank president, said nothing as
she surrendered to face charges of raping a 16-year-old male student
last May.
Police say she had sex with the boy once at her home in the Albany
suburb of Colonie, as her children slept downstairs.
According to the boy's deposition, "She came home in a cab. She was
drunk. She started to rub my chest, and just suddenly kissed me. I was
shocked. She told me she knew it was wrong, but she had been thinking
about me for a while. We then took off our clothes and had sex."
Geisel's attorney, Don Kissella, said little: "Obviously, a difficult
situation for everyone involved. That's it."The school fired Geisel
after she was caught having sex with a 17-year-old CBA student in the
back of a car June 10, says Sanders.
Because that student was of legal age to give consent, there were no
charges filed. But his attorney, John Aretakis, says Geisel acted
inappropriately on a school trip to Florida with students in February,
and the CBA should have acted sooner.
"CBA has said to me, and I quote, 'Fine. She drank with kids. She passed
out drinking. She provided alcohol. That's in February. How does that
give us notice that she would have sex with several children in May?'
That was irresponsible," asserted Aretakis.
The CBA adamantly denies any cover-up.
Police point out sex with an under-aged boy is just as serious as with a
girl, though its not always treated that way.
"Unfortunately," says Colonie Police Chief Steve Heider, "our society
precludes a lot of young men from reporting it, because it is thought of
a conquest, not a victimization."
Geisel was sent to the Albany County jail without bail.
Her four children, one son the same age as the victim, are in the
custody of their father, who heads Key Bank.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/02/earlyshow/main713360.shtml
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