Kisses with Pupil 'Cultural', Sex-Offender Teacher Says

Kisses with pupil 'cultural', sex-offender teacher says

A teacher who kissed a 17-year-old student on the lips has denied seeking sexual gratification, telling a court he was forming a bond during a time of tragedy.

Kisses with pupil ‘cultural’, sex-offender teacher says

Two kisses with a female high school student were not sexual but “cultural” during a time of grieving, a veteran school teacher has said during a bid to avoid jail. Vasilious Kafataris, 57, had been working as a teacher for 25 years when he twice indecently touched a 17-year-old in 2021. The Bankstown man formed a bond with the girl, kissing her once on the lips at a western Sydney train station and again outside his apartment after someone he k…