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<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#332828;font-size:14px"><strong>Septuagenarian female teacher accused of sexually assaulting Wisconsin boy, 14, <strong>sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison</strong> with 15 years of supervised release </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#332828;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>Anne Nelson-Ko</strong>ch, 74, faced up to 624 years for repeated assaults in basement of Baptist private school </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#332828;font-size:14px"><strong>The Wisconsin Dept Of Corrections had recommended Nelson-Koch be sentenced to 24 to 32 years in prison, followed by 20 to 24 years extended supervision </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#332828;font-size:14px"><strong>The prosecutor who lampooned &#8216;her virtuous masquerade&#8217; as &#8216;a calculated attempt to conceal her predatory tendencies,&#8217; argued for 100 years in prison for 100, then supervised release for an additional 60 years </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#332828;font-size:14px"><strong>Nelson-Koch worked at the Tomah Baptist Academy located in Tomah, Wisconsin during the 2016-2017 school year when the sex crimes occurred </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#332828;font-size:14px"><strong>During that time, she lured the teen to the school&#8217;s basement and forced him to perform &#8216;heinous sexual&#8217; acts </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#332828;font-size:14px"><strong>She was convicted in July on 25 counts of repeated sexual abusing the boy, including sexual assault of a child, child enticement-sexual contact and exposing genitals/pubic area/intimate parts to a child </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#332828;font-size:14px"><strong>Nelson-Koch was taken into custody Friday,following sentencing to begin serving her 10 year prison sentence</strong></h1>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Anne Nelson-Koch, 75, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the repeated sexual assault of a 14-year-old boy in the basement of a Wisconsin religious private school on Friday. She was convicted on over a dozen counts, including sexual assault of a child, child enticement-sexual contact and exposing genitals/pubic area/intimate parts to a child</strong></p>



<p>A 75-year-old female teacher has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the repeated sexual assault of a 14-year-old student in the basement of a Wisconsin religious private school, six years ago.<br>Anne Nelson-Koch worked at the Tomah Baptist Academy located in Tomah, Monroe County, during the 2016-2017 school year. <br>During that time, she lured the teen to the school&#8217;s basement and forced him to perform &#8216;heinous sexual&#8217; acts. Nelson-Koch was 67 at the time and the boy was 14.<br>The septuagenarian teacher&#8217;s aide was found guilty in August, on over a dozen counts, including sexual assault of a child, child enticement-sexual contact and exposing genitals/pubic area/intimate parts to a child.<br>She initially had been facing up to 600 years in prison. <br>Monroe County Circuit Court Judge Richard Radcliffe imposed a 10-year-prison sentence followed by 15 years of supervised release. She was taken into custody following sentencing to begin serving her decade-long sentence.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Tomah-Baptist-Church-and-Academy-in-Wisconsin-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-453648" style="aspect-ratio:1.3755458515283843;width:843px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>The acts of child molestation happened at the Baptist Church and Academy in Tomah, Wisconsin, during the 2016-2017 school year </strong></p>



<p>She was also convicted on 25 counts of repeated sexual assaults. The sentences against her will run concurrently, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/74-year-old-female-teacher-faces-600-years-behind-bars-sex-assault-teen" target="_blank">Fox News </a>reported.<br>After her release from prison she will then be supervised by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections for 15 years.<br>Noting that the sexual assault of a child is &#8216;one of the most serious crimes in the criminal justice system,&#8217; Judge Radcliffe stated Nelson-Koch &#8216;used her position of power over the victim to meet her own needs, recognizing she was an authority figure trusted by the victim.&#8217; <br>Judge Radcliffe expressed gratitude to the victim for his courage, commending him for being &#8216;a leader of his family and community.&#8217;<br>Radcliffe while conceding that defendant&#8217;s character, described as &#8216;nice,&#8217; &#8216;selfless,&#8217; &#8216;giving,&#8217; and &#8216;hardworking,&#8217; according to a <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.facebook.com/TomahPD/" target="_blank">press release</a> posted on the Tomah Police Department&#8217;s Facebook page, would have been mitigating, said Nelson-Koch&#8217;s impact on the victim and his family was an aggravating sentencing factor.<br>A person with Nelson-Koch&#8217;s educational and employment history is &#8216;not someone who normally would be [seen] in the criminal justice system facing 600 years of prison,&#8217; the judge noted.<br>According to Tomah Baptist Church Pastor Aaron Smith, who was not at the church during the time of the incident, said the defendant offender was not a teacher at the religious school but an aide, who had worked at the school for less than a year.<br>&#8216;The abuse of children and individuals we do not support and oppose that behavior strongly,&#8217; Smith said.<br>He added that &#8216;we are supporting the victim&#8217;s family and the victim.&#8217; </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Tomah Baptist Academy is a small religious private school in Monroe County with a student body of 30-35 students. <strong>Nelson-Koch [photo] was 67, the boy wa</strong>s 14, when she lured him to the school&#8217;s basement and forced him to perform the &#8216;sexual&#8217; acts, on multiple occasions</strong></p>



<p><br>In April 2022, Nelson-Koch was charged with forcing the 14-year old student to repeatedly engage in both oral and anal intercourse during school hours throughout the 2016-2017 academic year,&#8217; prosecutors said in the press release.<br>In July 2023, after five days of trial testimony, a Monroe County jury quickly returned guilty verdicts on all 25 child sex crimes against Nelson-Koch. <br>She then faced a total maximum prison sentence of 624 years consisting of a maximum 373 years confinement in prison and 251 years supervised release. <br>Following her felony convictions, Nelson-Koch was released into the community to await sentencing, over the prosecution&#8217;s objection.<br>The DOC recommended Nelson-Koch be sentenced to 24 to 32 years in prison, followed by 20 to 24 years extended supervision.<br> The prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Sarah Skiles, argued Nelson-Koch should be confined in prison for 100 years and then supervised for an additional 60 years. <br>Skiles said the damage that Nelson-Koch&#8217;s appalling actions caused could not be undone but could be accounted for through a just sentence. She attacked Nelson-Koch&#8217;s lack of repentance or remorse, calling her virtuous masquerade &#8216;a calculated attempt to conceal her predatory tendencies.&#8217; <br>The ADA argued a lengthy prison sentence was necessary to ensure the seriousness of the sexual assault of a child in a school and the pain endured by the victim were not discounted.<br>She further stated that there should be meaningful accountability for offenders when a victim summons the courage to report an abuser and undergoes the excruciating experience of testifying at trial. <br>She also said it was imperative the public be protected from Nelson-Koch.<br>At the sentencing, the victim&#8217;s father gave an impact statement. <br>He said, &#8216;his son came forward publicly to make sure Nelson-Koch could not assault any other children.&#8217;<br>The victim&#8217;s father then asked for justice and a sentence that would confine Nelson-Koch for the rest of her life.<br>After the judge handed down the sentence, Skiles said, &#8216;a sexual predator has been held accountable for her heinous actions and will not be a threat to our community for the next 10 years.&#8217;<br>Skiles also commended the victim, &#8216;I applaud him for his bravery. Without his courage, Nelson-Koch would still be in the community.&#8217;</p>

