Pennsylvania Dean's Alibi To Teen Sex Allegations: Funeral
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania high school dean accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student a decade ago says he was at a funeral when the relationship allegedly began.
Stephen Stahl's lawyer disclosed the alibi Wednesday, ahead of his corruption of minors trial next week.
The 48-year-old Hunlock Creek man is suspended from his dean of students position at Wilkes-Barre's Coughlin High School.
Police arrested Stahl in February after his accuser says she "got the courage" to speak up.
She says she first performed oral sex on Stahl in a classroom closet on March 19, 2004. Stahl's lawyer says they'll prove he was at a funeral and signed a guest book that day.
The woman says they continued to have sex for 18 months at the school, hotels and Stahl's home.
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