Bassano del Grappa, Italy - A female teacher in Italy who gave Italian language lessons to immigrant children has been accused of having "sex sessions" with five of her teenage pupils, news reports said Tuesday.

The boys, aged between 13 and 16, allege that the 23-year-old woman would invite them to her home following afternoon classes held at a Roman Catholic seminary in the north-eastern town of Bassano del Grappa.

Once at home, the woman, a volunteer teacher whose name was not mentioned in the reports, would engage in sex acts with some or all of the boys, according to the allegations.