Australian teacher admitted to sexual abuse of a 12-year-old student and gave birth to his child

In January 2026, the world ran a shocking case with Mandurah in Western Australia. 33-year-old Naomi Tekea Craig, a music teacher at the private Anglican school Frederick Irwin Anglican School, confessed to 15 counts of sexual abuse of the child in court. The victim was her student, who was only 12 at the time of the abuse. The relationship lasted over 16 months. The woman regularly had sex with him, and as a result she became pregnant and on January 8, 2026 gave birth to a child whose father, as confirmed by DNA studies, is her 13-year-old student now.

The case came to light after a long investigation of child crimes. Craig, the wife and mother of one child, was arrested in late January 2026, just a few days after a professional pregnancy photo shoot on which she posed in bikinis and white trousers above water. The same photographs later went to the media and became a symbol of controversy. The teacher has already lost her professional privileges and her teacher registration has been cancelled. She is waiting for her sentence in March 2026 – she is facing many years in prison.

In Poland, the topic exploded thanks to the viral entry @loved on the X platform. The user published a photo from the teacher's pregnancy session with the headline of one of the portals: "Australian teacher gets pregnant with 13(year-old student). She noted: "*She raped a 13-year-old student. Dear media, let's create headlines that do not relativize sexual violence against children." The entry collected thousands of sages and sparked a stormy discussion. He was commented, among others, by MP Anna Maria Żukowska, who wrote that in such a case she would even consider a judicial order to remove the pregnancy, stressing that the 13-year-old was unable to consciously consent. Other netizens pointed to double standards: if the perpetrator were a man, the media would not hesitate to use the words "pedophile", "rapist" or "wild beast".

Naomi Craig's case revealed once again how society and media treat women's perpetrators of sexual violence against minors differently. Instead of clearly calling the act a crime and rape, some of the titles sound almost romantic: "she got pregnant", "she gave birth to her student." However, under Western Australian law, any sexual contact with a child under the age of 13 is treated as a serious crime, regardless of the victim's "agreement". The boy who is 13 years old today will face trauma, fatherhood and public attention for life.

History continues to develop – Craig remains free for trial, and the Mandurah community demands a severe sentence.

Source: 9news.com.au, theaustralian.com.au, Woman.onet.pl