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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Former Coughlin teacher and administrator Stephen Stahl is seeking parole, court papers indicate.</p><p>Prosecutors filed a motion Tuesday in Luzerne County Court requesting Judge Michael T. Vough schedule a hearing on a parole petition Stahl filed on Aug. 24.</p><p>Vough sentenced Stahl, 48, of Hunlock Creek, in March to serve six to 23 months in Luzerne County Correctional Facility on a corruption of minors charge. He should reach his minimum later this month.</p><p>A jury convicted Stahl in January, siding with a woman who alleged she and Stahl had a sexual relationship nearly 10 years earlier when she was a 16-year-old student at Coughlin High School. He was a teacher and wrestling coach at the time of the relationship.</p><p>Investigators last week charged retired Coughlin principal Frank J. Michaels in connection with his testimony at Stahl&#8217;s trial, alleging the current Forty Fort borough councilman lied on the witness stand.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By James O&#8217;Malley</p><p>jomalley@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach James O&#8217;Malley at 570-991-6390 or on Twitter @TL_omalley.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Former Coughlin dean Stephen Stahl seeks parole