Former Bishop Walsh Coach Charged with Sex Offenses

The News-Tribune
January 5, 2016

http://www.newstribune.info/article/20160105/NEWS/160109856

A former soccer coach at Bishop Walsh High School in Cumberland has been charged with having an inappropriate relationship with a student at the school.

According to the Allegany County Combined Criminal Investigation Unit (C3I), Catherine Martha Czapski, 24, of Cumberland, was arrested Tuesday after a criminal summons had been issued charging her with five counts of fourth degree sex offense by a person in a position of authority.

The charges are the result of an investigation into allegations that Czapski, who was the girl’s soccer coach at Bishop Walsh at the time, was engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student at the school.

The allegations first came to light when the Archdiocese of Baltimore received information about the possible inappropriate relationship between Czapski and the student. The Archdiocese contacted the Allegany County State’s Attorney’s Office and the investigation was turned over to C3I.

C3I Investigators conducted numerous interviews and reviewed social media as part of their investigation, and discovered enough information to support the allegations.

Czapski is currently free pending trial.

No photo of Czapski was available.