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Sperlik in his classroom
Band director Robert Sperlik Jr. conducts class in a bungalow next to Berwyn's Piper School in March, 2004. He pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of aggravated kidnapping, unlawful restraint, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and indecent solicitation of a child and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Sperlik in his classroom
Band director Robert Sperlik Jr. conducts class in a bungalow next to Berwyn's Piper School in March, 2004. He pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of aggravated kidnapping, unlawful restraint, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and indecent solicitation of a child and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
School hid letter, suit saysSouth Berwyn Elementary School District 100 officials concealed a 1999 letter in which three 10-year-old girls said they were molested by band teacher Robert Sperlik Jr., then misled parents about the seriousness of the allegations, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday by one girl's parents. Parent Nicole Dakof confronts the board Wednesday night.
Sperlik in his classroom
Band director Robert Sperlik Jr. conducts class in a bungalow next to Berwyn's Piper School in March, 2004. He pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of aggravated kidnapping, unlawful restraint, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and indecent solicitation of a child and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Sperlik in his classroom
Band director Robert Sperlik Jr. conducts class in a bungalow next to Berwyn's Piper School in March, 2004. He pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of aggravated kidnapping, unlawful restraint, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and indecent solicitation of a child and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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