Two teachers from same private school accused of sexually abusing student, GA cops say
Two former teachers from the same private Christian school in Georgia have been charged in a sex abuse case, investigators said.
Sherri Delle Mauldin, 60, of Greene County, was arrested and charged with having improper sexual contact with a student while employed at the Nathanael Greene Academy, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Mauldin was also accused of aggravated child molestation and statutory rape, the bureau said in a March 24 news release.
Her arrest comes less than a week after Bonnie Elizabeth Brown, 25, another former Nathanael Greene Academy teacher, was also charged with improper sexual contact, according to investigators.
Brown was teaching at Washington-Wilkes Primary School in nearby Wilkes County before her March 19 arrest, the school district said.
An investigator involved in the case confirmed the alleged abuse occurred between 2022 and 2024, and involves the same victim. The GBI said it began investigating in June 2024 after reports of sexual contact between a student and former Nathanael Greene Academy educator.
Nathanael Greene Academy is a private, faith-based school in Siloam, a town about 60-miles west from Augusta.
The school, which serves students K3-12, “nurtures individuality, diversity, and morality in an academic environment,” its Facebook page said before it was deleted.
In a statement posted March 24, administrators said they were aware of the former teachers’ arrests.
“NGA’s administration and Board of Trustees are cooperating with law enforcement and assisting them in every possible way,” it said. “Nathanael Greene Academy is committed to the safety, welfare and education of all of its students - past, present and future.”
Student releases statement
An attorney representing the victim in the case confirmed the student had physical contact with both teachers “at the school and outside the school,” WXIA reported.
Through their attorney, the student expressed relief that Mauldin and Brown were arrested.
“These women took advantage of their positions as my teachers,” they said, WXIA reported. “My school did not protect me as a child. I see that now, and I hope that these arrests will protect our community and children in it.”
Mauldin and Brown were taken to the Greene County Sheriff’s Office jail, the GBI said.
Authorities said the investigation is ongoing. Once finished, the case will be handed off to the Ocmulgee District Attorney’s Office for prosecution, per the GBI.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the GBI regional investigative office in Milledgeville at 478-445-4173, or submit an anonymous tip online.
This story was originally published March 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM with the headline "Two teachers from same private school accused of sexually abusing student, GA cops say."