A Bethlehem man whose sexual assault victim later faced a $400 charge for missing school was sentenced today to at least 90 days in Northampton County Prison.

Osvaldo Correa, 48, of the 2800 block of Fairview Street asked Judge Kimberly McFadden for "an opportunity to show you and the community" that he wouldn't offend again.

Correa's wife and three children wept as McFadden sentenced Correa to up to two years in prison. Correa was also ordered to pay $3,900, the victims' family's cost to move out of Correa's neighborhood.

Correa repeatedly kissed and hugged a Liberty High School ninth-grader on Sept. 14 and told her he wanted to be a father to her and that "what happens here, nobody needs to know but us." He pleaded guilty to indecent assault on April 16.

The victim repeatedly missed school after the assault and failed several classes. The Bethlehem Area School District imposed a charge for summer school, the victim's mother told the Express-Times earlier this week.

The mother, in tears, told McFadden today her daughter remains distraught.

After an earlier sentencing was postponed, the mother said, the victim, who is now 16, "spent three days in bed, saying, 'Mommy, this is never going to go away.'"

McFadden assured her help is available.