A MONTEREY COUNTY JUDGE SENTENCED A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON. LAST MONTH, 36 YEAR OLD GILBERT OLIVARES PLED GUILTY TO 56 COUNTS OF SEX ABUSE. OLIVARES WAS A COUNSELOR AT SALINAS HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE URGED STUDENTS TO PERFORM SEX ACTS IN HIS SCHOOL OFFICE WHILE HE SECRETLY VIDEOED THE STUDENTS. OLIVARES WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER FOR LIFE.
