Teacher touches pupil’s thigh, faces harassment case

GEROME M. DALIPE
November 12, 2015

A PUBLIC school teacher is facing criminal charges in court for allegedly sexually
harassing his pupil inside the classroom in March this year.

Cebu City Assistant Prosecutor Jill Ann Gealon found evidence to charge the teacher
with violation of Republic Act 7877, or the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act.

“(Teacher’s) act of touching (his pupil’s) thigh was sufficient to constitute sexual
harassment,” read Gealon’s three-page resolution. A P60,000 bail was recommended for
the teacher’s temporary freedom.

Sun.Star Cebu is withholding the teacher’s name until he formally answers the
allegations.

Indictment

The teacher’s indictment came after he failed to submit his counter-affidavit, which
would have allowed him to dispute the charges leveled against him.The suspect teaches
Home Economics and Livelihood Education at Guadalupe Elementary School in Cebu
City. In her complaint, the 12-year-old pupil said she and some of her classmates were
directed by the respondent to go to the classroom for their failure to submit their project.

He asked the victim to submit either a rope or show him her thigh. The student told
her teacher that she preferred the rope since she would just text her mother to buy it. But
the teacher allegedly wanted to see the student’s thigh by holding and raising her skirt.
The student quickly moved away, but the suspect kept asking her to show him her thigh.
The teacher later pulled up her skirt and touched her thigh.

Report

The student reported her ordeal to her mother and grandmother, who confronted the
teacher about the incident. Instead, the teacher turned the tables on his student and told
them that the pupil “volunteered” to show him her thigh.

In the resolution, Prosecutor Gealon said the elements of sexual harassment exist in
the complaint. The prosecutor said the student was afraid when the teacher touched her
thigh.

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 Sexual harassment case against teacher
Last Updated at November 3, 2018

Police on Saturday registered a case against the teacher of a reputed English

medium school on charges of sexually harassing some girl students, police said.

The Mathematics teacher of the school in the state capital has been accused of
sexually harassing girl students of Class VI and VII for the last few months.

The police have registered a case against the teacher, said Chandrasekhar police 
Inspector-In-Charge Deepak Kumar Mishra.

Mishra said that the accused teacher has been absconding.

The police registered the case based on a complaint lodged by the school authorities
after it was revealed that the allegation against the teacher was true.

The entire incident was captured by CCTV installed inside the school premises,
an official said.

As per the complaint, the teacher used to sexually harass girl students for the last
few months. Earlier, the school authorities were informed about the teacher's activities by
a girl student who hailed from Kharagpur and stayed in the hostel.

The girl narrated her ordeal before the school authorities following which the
principal checked the CCTV footages. Later, some other girls also came up with similar
allegations.

The girl students said the teacher harassed them in classrooms, libraries and while
checking their homework.

"On the basis of CCTV footage, we have lodged a complaint and urge the police to
initiate proper probe and take stringent action against him, said school Principal Rabi
Kumar.

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 Ateneo students file sexual harassment case vs professor
Sofia Tomacruz
Published 9:25 PM, October 15, 2018

MANILA, Philippines – The Ateneo de Manila University

(AdMU) student council on Monday, October 15, filed a case with
the university against a longtime male professor who has
allegedly sexually harassed several students.

Sanggunian ng mga Paaralang Loyola ng Ateneo de Manila

president Hyacenth Bendaña confirmed this in a message to
Rappler.

The formal case, composed of complaints from several

students, will be part of official investigations being conducted
by the university. Formal hearings have yet to be scheduled.

The student council said it would not name the professor yet
so as not to compromise ongoing investigations.

Despite this, Bendaña said the student council will use its
two seats on the University Committee on Decorum and
Investigation and the University Discipline Committee “to ensure
justice for students.” The two bodies are the school’s official
investigating body and the body in charge of hearing and
deliberating cases filed among members of the Ateneo
Community, respectively.

The case comes almost two weeks after the student council
last October 3 initially called on students victimized by the
teacher to come forward with their testimonies should they be
willing to file a case.

In a statement posted on Facebook and Twitter Monday night,

Bendaña said the student council was committed to “protecting
students and lobbying for their safety and human dignity.”
 “May this be a reminder to members of the Ateneo community
that the Sanggunian vehemently condemns human indecency
and dehumanization in the Loyola Schools…. We continue to
stand with you,” she said.

The student council also repeated its call for students to

report cases of sexual harassment to the group.

They said that while posts on social media have indicated

similar experiences, “the best way for the Sanggunian to compel
the University to hold formal investigations and hold perpetrators
accountable is for willing survivors to file official complaints
against alleged sexual harassers.”

A post in the Facebook group "ADMU Freedom Wall" drew

attention to the professor’s alleged sexual harassment that left
students uncomfortable. He had allegedly invited them for
individual consultations in his private bedroom, and messaged
students inappropriately.

Several posts also suggest the alleged harrasment had been

going on for years, as some of the students had already
graduated.

Despite the attention around incidents involving a particular

teacher, Bendaña said it was not the first time sexual
harassment cases were filed against professors in the university.

The attention on the case, she said, has caused sexual

harassment cases filed against Loyola Schools professors in the
past to resurface.
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