Female Episcopal School Counselor Pleads To Year Long Sexual Affair With 14 Year-Old Female Student

Dr. Allison Hargrave, 40, of Lafayette, La., a former counselor at Ascension Episcopal School in Lafayette, pleaded guilty today in federal court for attempting to entice a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced.

Hargrave was indicted in May of 2010 for attempting to entice a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity. According to court documents filed today, Hargrave, who was a counselor and yoga instructor at Ascension Episcopal School, began counseling a 14-year old minor female in the spring of 2009. The relationship between the defendant and the minor female continued through the summer of 2009. In the fall of 2009, Hargrave began texting and emailing the minor female student, graphically discussing engaging in sexual activities with the minor and making plans to meet the minor to engage in the sexual activities. Hargrave and the minor female continued to engage in sexual activities throughout 2009 and into January 2010. After engaging in sexual activities during this time, Hargrave continued to text and email the minor female, graphically discussing matters of a sexual nature. Hargrave and the minor female engaged in sexual activities on multiple occasions during the fall of 2009.