Minnesota Teacher Gets Probation for Sex with Student - Update

Mary Gilles
(Austin, Minnesota) Former Pacelli High School teacher Mary Gilles, 28, has been sentenced to 15 years of probation for having sex with a 17-year-old student.

Gilles must also register as a sex offender.

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Minnesota Teacher Guilty of Sex with Student - Update
[Previous 12/23/14 post]
(Austin, Minnesota) Former Pacelli High School math teacher Mary Gilles pleaded guilty last week to two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.

The criminal complaint said that Gilles became sexually involved with a 17-year-old male student last February. The complaint says school officials found incriminating emails sent to the student from Gilles that sparked an investigation.

After she was arrested, Gilles was fired from Pacelli High School.

The complaint goes on to say she admitted the sexual relationship to police and said she knew he was 17-years-old.

The criminal complaint also said that Gilles is suspected to be carrying a baby conceived from the relationship with the teenager.

Sentencing has been scheduled for March 2015.

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Minnesota Teacher Accused of Sex with Student, 17
[Previous 10/9/14 post]
(Austin, Minnesota) A 28-year-old teacher formerly at Pacelli High School, Mary Gilles, has been accused of engaging in sex with a 17-year-old male student.

Gilles faces six counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.

According to the criminal complaint, a school administrator told police she had seen an email correspondence between 28-year-old Gilles and a 17-year-old male student that contained sexual content. The administrator also reported that she saw Gilles and the boy in the school auditorium at a late hour.

The administrator said she had a “gut feeling” that something inappropriate was happening, so she accessed the student’s school email account. There was nothing there, but she found a password for the student’s Yahoo email account and found many emails “containing sexual relationship content.”

The criminal complaint said some of the most recent emails talked about the possibility that Gilles might be pregnant.

Authorities met with the student after collecting more evidence. The complaint states the student told authorities he and Gilles were very close, and they started having sex in February 2014, and it continued through September.

Details on booking are unavailable.