Catholic school teacher Randi Zurenko is charged with 232 child sex offences 'after sleeping with schoolgirls and filming their lesbian trysts'
By Jennifer Smith | Daily Mail | October 22, 2016
A female Catholic school teacher has been charged with more than 200 child sex offences after allegedly having sex with schoolgirls and filming their trysts.
Randi Zurenko from Millerstown, Pennsylvania, was arrested on Thursday.
Police believe the 33-year-old sexually abused two girls at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg hundreds of times between 2013 and 2016.
She is facing 13 counts of institutional sexual assault, 153 of sexual abuse of children, 33 of unlawful contact with minors, 20 of dissemination of obscene material to a minor and 13 counts of corruption of minors.
The woman first abused one of the girls at a park in 2013, Dauphin County's District Attorney's Office said.
She massaged her, undid her bra and plied her with alcohol on a number of occasions, police believe.
The girl, who has since graduated from the school, was underage at all times.
Zurenko allegedly went on to abuse the second girl from October 2015 until now, taking photographs of her half-nude and of them together while they had sex.
She sent her nude 'selfies' and was also admitted to taking photographs of the student on her phone.
They are alleged to have sex in a number of different locations including Zurenko's home. Their last encounter was on Friday.
Police interviewed the woman on Tuesday, just four days later.
'During the course of the interview Zurenko admitted to providing both victim 1 and victim 2 alcohol while they were students at Bishop McDevitt.
'She also admitted that, while employed as a teacher at Bishop McDevitt High School, she had a sexual relationship with victim 2, a current student at the school.
'Zurenko also admitted to taking nude photographs of victim 2,' a statement released by the District Attorney's Office said.
'Many of the charges relate to what we call sexual abuse of children or child pornography,' District Attorney Sean McCormack later told WGAL.
The school placed her on administrative leave in response to the investigation.
'It is with great sadness that we have learned that criminal charges have been filed against staff member Mrs Randi Zurenko,' officials said in a statement.
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