# Former Marymount Teacher Sentenced to 16 Years for Sexual Abuse of Student

A Colombian judge sentenced former Marymount teacher Mauricio Zambrano to 16 years for sexual abuse of a minor.

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Mauricio Zambrano Celis, a former physical education teacher at the Marymount school in Bogotá, was convicted of sexual acts committed against a student between December 2021 and February 2022. [^1]

On August 31, the Ninth Penal Circuit Judge with Knowledge Function of Bogotá sentenced Mauricio Zambrano Celis to 16 years in prison for sexual abuse of a 14-year-old student. [^2]

The judge determined that the student was intimidated with warnings about potential consequences at the school if she revealed the abuse. [^3]

The judge found that Zambrano exploited his position of authority and the student's emotional vulnerability to create a relationship of affective dependency. [^4]

The court convicted Zambrano of the crimes of sexual acts committed against a person unable to resist and sexual intercourse committed against a person unable to resist. [^5]

## What this stands on

1. Mauricio Zambrano Celis, a former physical education teacher at the Marymount school in Bogotá, was convicted of sexual acts committed against a student between December 2021 and February 2022. (Publimetro Colombia, News)
2. On August 31, the Ninth Penal Circuit Judge with Knowledge Function of Bogotá sentenced Mauricio Zambrano Celis to 16 years in prison for sexual abuse of a 14-year-old student. (Publimetro Colombia, News)
3. The judge determined that the student was intimidated with warnings about potential consequences at the school if she revealed the abuse. (Publimetro Colombia, News)
4. The judge found that Zambrano exploited his position of authority and the student's emotional vulnerability to create a relationship of affective dependency. (Publimetro Colombia, News)
5. The court convicted Zambrano of the crimes of sexual acts committed against a person unable to resist and sexual intercourse committed against a person unable to resist. (El Universal, News)

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