 Louisiana Radio Network. I'm Sean Richardson. A former art student in Golden Meadows Middle School in Lafourche Parish has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing one of his former students in 2009. Ralph Cherami Jr. was convicted of sexual battery molestation and indecent behavior charges. Prosecutor Jason Chatagnier said Cherami's sentences are to be served consecutively. Those 40-year sentences reflect that he will serve 40 years. He is in his 60s, and a 40-year sentence for Ralph Cherami means that he won't be a free person.