After pleading guilty to student sex abuse, a former gym teacher received a 24-month probation sentence this week in Chicago.
The teacher, Wesley Cherniak, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse against a 17-year-old female student. The two met while he was teaching at St. Benedict's High School, and continued to meet once a week between February and May 2009. They would arrange liaisons at local motels, his car and even her bedroom to have sexual relations.
When the student finally told her parents about her relationship with Cherniak, 33, police began to investigate the claims. After collecting DNA evidence and examining hotel records, they were able to compile enough evidence to charge Cherniak with student sex abuse.
In addition to his probationary sentence, Judge Mary Margaret Brosnahan told Cherniak to register as a sex offender and undergo sexual offender probation terms.
If you were sexually abused in school, contact us to get assistance from a sex abuse lawyer.
The teacher, Wesley Cherniak, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse against a 17-year-old female student. The two met while he was teaching at St. Benedict's High School, and continued to meet once a week between February and May 2009. They would arrange liaisons at local motels, his car and even her bedroom to have sexual relations.
When the student finally told her parents about her relationship with Cherniak, 33, police began to investigate the claims. After collecting DNA evidence and examining hotel records, they were able to compile enough evidence to charge Cherniak with student sex abuse.
In addition to his probationary sentence, Judge Mary Margaret Brosnahan told Cherniak to register as a sex offender and undergo sexual offender probation terms.
If you were sexually abused in school, contact us to get assistance from a sex abuse lawyer.
