Ex-teacher is rated a Level 3 sex offender
LOCKPORT—Jason A. Lorich, the former North Tonawanda elementary school teacher who sexually abused some of his female students, was rated a Level 3 sex offender, the most serious type, in a brief proceeding Thursday in Niagara County Court.
Lorich, 35, is to be released from prison in January, although he will be under specialized parole supervision until April 2014, Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza said.
Lorich pleaded guilty in 2001 to six counts of first-degree sexual abuse for incidents with girls at Meadow Elementary School in 1999 and 2000.
“I’m a completely different person than I was,” Lorich said when Sperrazza asked him why he committed the crimes.
Seven victims were paid a total of more than $3.5 million to settle civil suits against the school district.
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