Married mom-of-three Catholic school teacher accused of sexually abusing teenage boy in her office

A Catholic high school teacher faces 15 years in prison for allegedly having sex with her teenage student in her office.

Emily Nutley, 42, a married mother of three, was charged with six counts of sexual assault and dismissed from St Xavier High School in Cincinnati.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers said Nutley met the 17-year-old boy when he was sent to a program she led for academically struggling students.

They started texting after school last fall and she reportedly sent him nude selfies and “sexually explicit messages.”

Nutley, a married mother of three, was charged with six counts of sexual assault and fired from St Xavier High School in Cincinnati

Powers claimed their relationship escalated when they had sex several times in mid-November, at least once in her office at the boys’ school after hours.

Nutley allegedly continued texting the student after trying to break off the illicit affair.

St Xavier charges $18,130 per year in tuition, plus $300 in administrative fees, although financial aid is available.

The school discovered the alleged relationship, conducted an internal investigation and then notified Springfield Township police.

Nutley was fired as soon as the criminal investigation began, leading to her being indicted by a Hamilton County grand jury and arrested Monday.

She attended Jesuit School for the 2021-2022 year and was listed in the student handbook as a “Multi-Level Support Coordinator.”

Nutley has two daughters and a son, the oldest of whom is a junior at a different high school and only slightly younger than the victim.

Nutley joined the Jesuit school prior to the 2021-2022 year and was listed as the “Multi-Level Support Coordinator”

Nutley previously taught at Madeira Elementary School, also in Cincinnati, and posted photos of her work and students there on social media

The disgraced teacher has two daughters and a son, the eldest of whom attends a different high school and is only slightly younger than the victim.

She previously taught at Madeira Elementary School, also in Cincinnati, and posted photos of her work and students there on social media.

“The children who need love the most will ask for it in the most unloving ways.” Be THAT person for THAT student,” one post read.

Another message read: ‘HELLO! 3rd graders! If you see someone alone, reach out and help, say hello.’

Nutley’s mother Cheryl Rose praised her daughter in a birthday post just a few months before the alleged relationship with the student began.

‘Emily, my sweet, happy, cheerful girl. I love you so much sweetheart. So proud of everything you are,” she began.

“A good daughter, a great wife and loving mother and a great advocate for all your students.”

Nutley was fired as soon as the criminal investigation began, leading to her being indicted by a Hamilton County grand jury and arrested Monday.

‘KID is COOL at Madeira Elementary!’ Nutley wrote next to this photo of her at her previous school

Nutley worked with young children at her previous school, but switched to teenagers at St Xavier

Nutley will appear in court on November 8.

“This is absolutely unacceptable and reprehensible behavior by an adult toward a minor child,” Powers said.

‘This child needed help and guidance, but instead found an adult who wanted to express her perverted sexual desires.’

Powers said Nutley’s alleged conduct was nothing short of “child sexual abuse” and would be prosecuted “fully and thoroughly.”

“This child was the victim of an adult predator who should never again be allowed to play any role that would bring her into contact with children,” she said.

“She used this child for her own sexual gratification while abusing the position she held.”

St Xavier said it “believed this case was an isolated incident” but urged all other students to contact police or principal Dan Lynch if they were the victim of a crime.