Former New York Teacher Receives 32 Years in Prison For Sex Abuse

A former Lutheran school music teacher has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing a young girl and taking pornographic pictures of her. Michael J. Solomon, 41, abused the girl, who was under the age of 11, for five years, according to a published report Monday in The Buffalo News. Solomon was convicted in August of 23 counts, including rape, criminal sexual act, course of sexual conduct against a child and use of a child in a sexual performance.  Solomon taught at two Lutheran schools in Niagara County. Police said the victim was not one of Solomon's students. Source. AP New York, newsday.com. For more information, please click here (last visited November 23, 2005, reo).