James Simmons, a retired computer scientist from Freehold, failed to convince a jury that more than 100 files of child sexual abuse material were not his.
Inappropriate sexual contact, attempted luring, and hundreds of 'upskirt' photos and video of students are among separate accusations facing at least a dozen New Jersey educators and instructors in 2022.
Didier Jean-Baptiste, of Jersey City, has been charged with second-degree attempted luring and third-degree attempted endangering the welfare of a child.
James Razin was arrested on May 20 after law enforcement carried out a search warrant at his apartment as part of a months-long investigation, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
A Catholic diocese in New Jersey has agreed to pay $87.5 million to settle claims involving clergy sex abuse with some 300 alleged victims in one of the largest cash settlements involving the Catholic church in the United States.
The children, between the ages of 9 and 15, were under direct instruction from Christopher Marbaix at the time of the alleged abuse ending in 2018, prosecutors said.