SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The Española Public Schools district has paid $11 million to three former students of a teacher convicted of a dozen counts of sexual abuse.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the women recently dropped a federal lawsuit they filed in 2017 against the district, 62-year-old former teacher Gary Gregor and their former Fairview Elementary School principal Ruby Montoya.
Authorities say several women have accused Gregor of rape and molestation between 2004 and 2008 at elementary schools in Española and Santa Fe.
He was sentenced to 108 years in prison earlier this year in a case involving two former Fairfield students. He’s appealing the conviction.
Authorities says Gregor also has been named in multiple lawsuits filed in state and federal courts since 2014.
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This story has been corrected to show Gregor’s prison sentence is 108 years.
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Information from: The Santa Fe New Mexican, http://www.santafenewmexican.com
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