CLINTON TWP., WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police say the principal at Lackawanna Trail High School is being charged after failing to report an alleged teacher-student relationship.
According to Pennsylvania State Police, 42-year-old Mark Patrick Murphy, the principal of Lackawanna Trail High School, is under investigation after failing to report a relationship between a teacher and a high school student to “Childline,” a state-run agency to report child abuse.
Police say on January 30, troopers were informed by a concerned parent from Lackawanna Trail High School that allegations were made about a teacher and student having a sexual relationship.
Through further investigation, state police said they learned several teachers reported these allegations to Murphy. Murphy told teachers not to inform “Childline” and that he would investigate the information himself, as stated in the affidavit.
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According to court documents, Murphy yelled at one teacher for saying she was going to report it to “Childline” telling her that she would “ruin the teacher’s life.”