Chicago Teacher Gets No Jail in Sex Case - Updated

(Chicago, Illinois) Earlier today, a 24-year-old world religion teacher formerly at Chicago Hope Academy, Kathryn Vail-Wesley, pleaded guilty to engaging in sex in her apartment and at the school with a 17-year-old student in 2008.

Vail-Wesley was initially charged with "multiple counts of criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse for allegedly having sex twice with the then-17-year-old student."

As a result of the guilty plea, Vail-Wesley was sentenced to probation and ordered to register as a sex offender.

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Chicago Teacher Accused of Sex with Boy
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(Chicago, Illinois) In October 2008, a 22-year-old math teacher at Chicago Hope Academy, Kathryn Vail-Wesley, was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old student in her home and the classroom. Vail-Wesley faces five counts of criminal sexual assault.

According to the boy's mother, the student was in Vail-Wesley's class. The mother said Shane Wesley -- Vail-Wesley's husband and also a teacher at the private high school -- discovered his wife and the student together and punched the student. No charges were filed against the husband.

School officials said they notified law enforcement as required by law, but they would not confirm whether the teachers still taught at the school. The student's mother said Shane Wesley still teaches there. But she was told if she didn't withdraw her son from the school, the student faced expulsion. She said parents were told of the incident when they arrived to pick up report cards in October.

School officials have refused to discuss specifics of the case as Vail-Wesley awaits trial. Meanwhile, a victims' rights group has asked for an explanation of why the victim, a star football player, was forced to leave school.

The student's mother said she was given an ultimatum a few days after the sexual assault allegations came to light.

School officials told her, "That this was the last straw. He wasn't welcome back, that I could either take him out in good standing or they would expel him," the mother said Wednesday. She asked not to have her name used.

The mother said her son can be "mouthy," but she didn't know of any serious discipline problems at school. She said he now attends a public school in the western suburbs.

Reportedly, Vail-Wesley no longer works at the school. Regarding the Vail-Wesley marriage, the status hasn't been reported but it's speculated that the Mr. is keeping a much closer eye on the Mrs.