Pennsylvania: High School Principal Facing Criminal Charges for Not Reporting Teacher for Having Affair with Student

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https://nypost.com/2024/10/02/us-news/p ... g-charges/

A Pennsylvania high school principal is in hot water for looking the other way during a teacher’s tryst with a student — claiming he didn’t want to ruin the educator’s career.

Mark Patrick Murphy, 42, principal of Lackawanna Trail High School in Clinton Township, allegedly knew about the illegal affair but failed to report it to Childline, the state’s child abuse hotline, despite several complaints from other faculty members, WBRE-TV News reported.

Murphy was told to stay home and is facing a charge of failing to report the abuse, the outlet said.

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State troopers began investigating the alleged relationship after a concerned parent reached out to police on Jan. 30 about the inappropriate tryst, prompting an investigation.

Investigators learned that several teachers had complained about the relationship, and that Murphy had even interviewed faculty, students and parents about the rumored sexual encounters, WBRE said.

However, Murphy allegedly just stashed the records in his closet and never called Childline.

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State police did not provide details of the alleged sexual relationship between the teacher and the student.