AUSTRALIA
The Age

August 19, 2014

Andrew Thomson

A teacher who split from his wife and started a sexual relationship with a teenage student faces jail.

The 48-year-old teacher, a father of five who had admitted his offending to police, yesterday pleaded guilty in the Warrnambool County Court to nine charges involving the girl, who was 15 and 16 years old at the time.

The victim’s mother said in a victim impact statement her life and relationship with her daughter would never be the same again, the Warrnambool Standard reports.

She said her faith and trust in people of authority had been absolutely shattered and she never suspected such evil from a teacher. …

The teacher, who the court heard had also been a victim of paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale, said the girl was very persuasive and he couldn’t resist her.

The offences were committed at Warrnambool, Port Fairy…