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Married Catholic school teacher, a mother-of-five, Randi Zurenko, jailed 23 months for sexually abusing two female students HUNDREDS of times

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>Married Catholic school teacher&comma; Randi Lynn Zurenko&comma;  begged for leniency after pleading guilty to having sexual relations with two female teen students&comma; for years<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>Zurenko&comma; 34&comma; a mother-of-five&comma; admitted sexually abusing two female students HUNDREDS of times between 2013 and 2016<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>The former teacher at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg&comma; Pa was jailed for just 23 months on Thursday&comma; for the gross abuse<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>She had been charged with more than 200 child sex offences during her time as a teacher at the School<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>Police said her two victims were aged 16 and 17 at the time<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;"><strong>She pled guilty to multiple charges of institutional sexual assault&comma; unlawful contact with minors&comma; corruption of minors&comma; possessing child pornography and disseminating obscene materials to minors<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;">After serving 23 months in jail&comma; Zurenko is on four years probation&comma; must register as a sex offender for 25 year<&sol;span><&sol;strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;120101&semi;">s<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"articleIconLinksContainer"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-212483" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;randi-zurenko-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Randi Zurenko&comma; 4" width&equals;"618" height&equals;"883" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Randi Zurenko&comma; was jailed for just 23 months on Thursday after pleading guilty to having sexual relations with two female teenage students while teaching at a Pennsylvania high school<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">A married Catholic school teacher has been jailed for just 23 months after pleading guilty to having sexual relations with two of her female teenage students&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Randi Zurenko was jailed on Thursday after pleading guilty to having sexual relations with two female teenage students while teaching at a Pennsylvania high school<br &sol;>&NewLine;Zurenko&comma; 34&comma; begged a Pennsylvania judge for leniency for the sake of her own young children when being sentenced on Thursday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The mother-of-five was jailed for up to 23 months with four years probation and must register as a sex offender for 25 years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She was arrested last fall after one of the victims went to police and described years of sexual and psychological abuse at Zerenko&&num;8217&semi;s hands&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She had been charged with more than 200 child sex offences during her time as a teacher at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Police said Zurenko sexually abused her two victims&comma; aged 16 and 17&comma; hundreds of Zurenko of Millerstown&comma; Perry County&comma; was charged with 13 counts of institutional sexual assault&comma; 153 counts of sexual abuse of children&comma; 33 counts of unlawful contact with minors&comma; 20 counts of dissemination of obscene material to a minor and 13 counts of corruption of minors&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;With her victims testifying against her after detectives recovered a horde of nude photos of the students from Zurenko&&num;8217&semi;s seized phone and other electronic devices&comma; she pled guilty to multiple charges of institutional sexual assault&comma; unlawful contact with minors&comma; corruption of minors&comma; possessing child pornography and disseminating obscene materials to minors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"> <img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-212547" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;randi-zurenko-5&period;png" alt&equals;"Randi Zurenko 5&period;png" width&equals;"763" height&equals;"470" &sol;><strong>Former teacher Randi<strong> <&sol;strong>Zurenko sexually abused her two female students&comma; aged 16 and 17&comma; hundreds of times between 2013 and 2016<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Zurenko&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer&comma; Lee Cohen&comma; had asked for Judge Richard A&period; Lewis on Thursday to sentence Zurenko to house arrest for her young children and claimed she was &&num;8216&semi;truly in love with her victims&comma;&&num;8217&semi; <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pennlive&period;com&sol;news&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;you&lowbar;became&lowbar;a&lowbar;villain&lowbar;judge&lowbar;say&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">Penn Live<&sol;a> reports&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I am ashamed to be here&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Zurenko told the judge&period; &&num;8216&semi;I have never coerced anyone&period; I have never taken advantage of anyone&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m asking you today for grace and mercy and to take my children into consideration when you determine my sentence&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; as he was handing down the sentence on Thursday morning&comma; Dauphin County President Judge Richard A&period; Lewis told the former high school teacher Randi Zurenko that she must have a &&num;8220&semi;Jekyll and Hyde&&num;8221&semi; personality&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The judge said he considered Zurenko&&num;8217&semi;s own children&comma; but also noted the pain the two victims had endured&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Judge Lewis sent Zurenko to jail for 23 months&comma; to be followed by 4 years of probation and 500 hours of community service after Zurenko&comma; who lives in Millerstown&comma; Perry County&comma; made the plea for leniency for the sake of her children&comma; ages 11 to 3&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-212482" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;bishop-mcdevitt-high-school-harrisburg-pa&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Bishop McDevitt High School&comma; Harrisburg&comma; Pa" width&equals;"740" height&equals;"440" &sol;><strong>Zurenko was employed at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg&comma; Pa before she was accused of more than 200 child sex offences during her time there <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">One victim told the court Zurenko had manipulated her psychologically for years&period; Police said Zurenko once massaged the girl and undid her bra&period; She also repeatedly gave her alcohol&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The father of one of the two female students Zurenko admitted preying upon was more blunt&period; He called the 33-year-old Zurenko&comma; a married mother of five who once was hailed as one of Bishop McDevitt&&num;8217&semi;s most inspiring teachers&comma; a &&num;8220&semi;predator&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><img class&equals;" size-full wp-image-212485 alignright" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;randi-zurenko-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Randi Zurenko&comma; 2" width&equals;"306" height&equals;"374" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">The mother of five was jailed for up to 23 months with four years probation and must register as a sex offender for 25 years<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;You stunted my growth because I depended on you&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the girl said in court&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I felt so confused and abandoned and trapped&period; I trusted nobody&&num;8230&semi; You took everything that was mine&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m still feeling the impact&period; I don&&num;8217&semi;t think it&&num;8217&semi;s close to over&period; You took my innocence&period; You used my love&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Following her arrest&comma; Dauphin County&&num;8217&semi;s District Attorney&&num;8217&semi;s Office said Zurenko abused one of the girls from January of 2013 to October of 2016&period; The girl&comma; who has since graduated from the school&comma; was underage at all times&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Zurenko allegedly went on to abuse the second girl from 2015 to 2016&comma; taking photographs of her half-nude and of them together while they had sex&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She sent her nude &&num;8216&semi;selfies&&num;8217&semi; and also admitted to taking photographs of the student on her phone&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;They are alleged to have sex in a number of different locations including Zurenko&&num;8217&semi;s home&period; Their last encounter was just four days before her arrest&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;During the course of the interview Zurenko admitted to providing both victim 1 and victim 2 alcohol while they were students at Bishop McDevitt&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;She also admitted that&comma; while employed as a teacher at Bishop McDevitt High School&comma; she had a sexual relationship with victim 2&comma; a current student at the school&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Zurenko also admitted to taking nude photographs of victim 2&comma;&&num;8217&semi; a statement released by the District Attorney&&num;8217&semi;s Office said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The school immediately suspended the teacher&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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