Randi Zurenko, 34, was jailed on Thursday after pleading guilty to having sexual relations with two female teenage students while teaching at a Pennsylvania high school

A married Catholic school teacher has been jailed for just 23 months after pleading guilty to having sexual relations with two of her female teenage students.

Randi Zurenko, 34, begged a Pennsylvania judge for leniency for the sake of her own young children when being sentenced on Thursday.

The mother-of-five was jailed for up to 23 months with four years probation and must register as a sex offender for 25 years.

She had been charged with more than 200 child sex offences during her time as a teacher at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg.

Police said Zurenko sexually abused her two victims, aged 16 and 17, hundreds of times between 2013 and 2016.

She pleaded guilty to multiple charges of institutional sexual assault, unlawful contact with minors, corruption of minors, possessing child pornography and disseminating obscene materials to minors.

Her lawyer, Lee Cohen, had asked for Judge Richard A. Lewis on Thursday to sentence Zurenko to house arrest for her young children and claimed she was 'truly in love with her victims,' Penn Live reports.

'I am ashamed to be here,' Zurenko told the judge. 'I have never coerced anyone. I have never taken advantage of anyone.

'I'm asking you today for grace and mercy and to take my children into consideration when you determine my sentence.'

Police said Zurenko sexually abused her two victims, aged 16 and 17, hundreds of times between 2013 and 2016

The mother of five had been charged with more than 200 child sex offences during her time as a teacher at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg

The judge said he considered Zurenko's own children, but also noted the pain the two victims had endured.

He described Zurenko as having a 'Jekyll and Hyde' personality.

One victim told the court Zurenko had manipulated her psychologically for years. Police said Zurenko once massaged the girl and undid her bra. She also repeatedly gave her alcohol.

The mother of five was jailed for up to 23 months with four years probation and must register as a sex offender for 25 years

'You stunted my growth because I depended on you,' the girl said in court.

'I felt so confused and abandoned and trapped. I trusted nobody... You took everything that was mine.

'I'm still feeling the impact. I don't think it's close to over. You took my innocence. You used my love.'

Following her arrest, Dauphin County's District Attorney's Office said Zurenko abused one of the girls from January of 2013 to October of 2016. The girl, who has since graduated from the school, was underage at all times.

Zurenko allegedly went on to abuse the second girl from 2015 to 2016, taking photographs of her half-nude and of them together while they had sex.

She sent her nude 'selfies' and also admitted to taking photographs of the student on her phone.

They are alleged to have sex in a number of different locations including Zurenko's home. Their last encounter was just four days before her arrest.

'During the course of the interview Zurenko admitted to providing both victim 1 and victim 2 alcohol while they were students at Bishop McDevitt.

'She also admitted that, while employed as a teacher at Bishop McDevitt High School, she had a sexual relationship with victim 2, a current student at the school.

'Zurenko also admitted to taking nude photographs of victim 2,' a statement released by the District Attorney's Office said.

The school immediately suspended the teacher.