ILLINOIS
CSN Chicago
A teacher accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl in the 1990s is back in the classroom in suburban Buffalo Grove after an internal investigation found no wrongdoing in the school.
Cheri Carlson had been on paid administrative leave since November when allegations — unrelated to her work at the school — were made in a lawsuit reported on NBC 5.
A woman whose identity we agreed to conceal said Carlson was her spiritual mentor at a religious camp and began abusing her in 1996 when she was 16.
“She said she was showing me God’s love,” the alleged victim said. “Eventually the physical demands became constant. Sometimes, maybe four times a week.”
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