CINCINNATI – A former teacher at a Catholic school who was fired 25 years ago for hands-on sex offenses to students was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 84 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography.Martin Bayhan, 58, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty to the instant offense in July 2025.In 1999, while working as a teacher at a Catholic school in Pittsburgh, Bayhan molested two teen boy students. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor crimes and received probation.According to court documents, Bayhan’s Kik, SnapChat and Telegram accounts were all flagged for uploading child sexual abuse material. Agents executed a search warrant at Bayhan’s home and discovered child pornography on his cell phone and a thumb drive.
In total, investigators located 36 videos and 300 images of child pornography.Dominick S. Gerace II, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and Jared Murphey, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit, announced the sentence imposed today by U.S. District Court Judge Douglas R.
Cole. Assistant United States Attorney Kyle J. Healey is representing the United States in this case.# # #