Delco HS Teacher, Coach Sentenced For Sex With Student

A Ridley High School teacher who pleaded guilty to sexual assault after he had sex with a student has been sentenced to prison, court documents show.

Gregory Stanczuk, 52, of West Chester will spend seven to 23 months in county prison, documents state.

The charges are related to the alleged sexual assault of an 18-year-old female student, according to the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office.

Stanczuk was a physics teacher and track coach at the school.

“As a teacher and coach, Gregory Stanczuk flagrantly used his position of trust and authority to exploit the victim, manipulating her emotionally for his own sexual gratification,” District Attorney Jack Whelan said in a statement when the charges were announced in February.

According to a report by the Delaware County Times, Stanczuk and the girl, a senior, would go on long drives together after practice and sometimes hold hands. The casual encounters escalated to kissing and later, oral sex at a hotel room, according to the report.

Stanczuk initially told the girl after he kissed her that thingsdid not need to go any further, but then continued to pursue a physical relationship, officials said.

Authorities said Stanczuk was arrested at the conclusion of an lengthy investigation conducted by Sgt. Robin F. Clark of the Delaware County District Attorney’s Criminal Investigation Division Child Abuse Unit.

Image courtesy Delaware County District Attorney’s Office.