On Monday, a public elementary school teacher, Prof. Maria Helena Trentini Machado, from Indiayala in the Itajai Valley, was preventively arrested and is under investigation for sexual abuse of underage students (10). The information was confirmed by the delegate investigating the case, Flavia Rigoni.

Indian schoolteacher suspected of sexual harassment was preventively arrested – Photo: Disclosure/Social Media/ND

She said there were four to five victims so far and that the man had been arrested for sexually abusing a minor. “But as the investigation progresses, we may see more crimes,” he said, noting that it is now available to the judiciary.

remember the case

The father of a 14-year-old girl, a student at the municipal school Escola Básica Professora Maria Helena Trentini Machado, located in the Varnow district, contacted Portal ND+ at the end of September to report that the 35-year-old professor had a relationship with his daughter. At that time, he learned about the situation about 15 days ago through the principal of the school.

“The principal of the school called me because she found out that the 35-year-old teacher was contacting my 14-year-old daughter,” he said, shocked.

The man also said that this is not the first relationship between a teacher and a student. “He got pregnant by a student, got involved with my daughter and was already trying to start a relationship with another student,” he said.

What does the Indaial education department say?

In a ministry note to the September 29 report, the municipality’s education department said that the teacher was immediately removed from his duties and that administrative disciplinary proceedings were initiated to investigate the violations. Read the note in full.

“Recently, at a public school system school in Indiana, a teacher who specializes in listening noticed that a student was behaving differently than usual. So she spoke to the student to get some information about what was going on. After checking the alleged case of harassment against a school teacher, the information was passed on to the leadership and the city education department, which reported the fact to the involved subjects: the Board of Trustees and the Civil Police. As the municipal department of education bears administrative responsibility, the teacher was immediately removed from his duties and administrative disciplinary proceedings were initiated to investigate the alleged violations. The civil police are investigating the matter.”