PORTLAND — A federal judge is allowing a former Auburn elementary school teacher convicted last year of molesting and assaulting students to have visits from family members younger than 18 if his probation officer OKs the visits and an adult is present.

James Raymond, 28, of Auburn is awaiting federal trial on two separate counts of transporting a minor across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity. He was released in October on bail and confined to his Auburn home with an electronic monitoring device after posting a $10,000 appearance bond.

Magistrate Judge John H. Rich III also granted Raymond’s request to extend the time before his trial to allow for pretrial motions. His name was expected to be put on the Feb. 1 trial list. Raymond waived his right to a speedy trial.

The identity of the minor female Raymond is alleged to have taken from Maine to New Hampshire and back to Maine is shielded in court records and is referred to as Jane Doe. In addition to her identity, the identities of other minors must be provided to Raymond as likely witnesses in the case, Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Wolff wrote in his motion for a protective order. The protective order would protect the identities of those minors by prohibiting Raymond from disclosing their names. Public disclosure of the names of those minors would be “detrimental” to them, Wolff wrote in his motion.

“Public disclosure could increase the stress already felt by these minors as they prepare for the possibility of testifying in public in this case,” Wolff wrote. “Public disclosure could also cause the minors to face comments or questions from other children and adults at school and elsewhere, which could prove to be embarrassing and stressful.”

Attorney Richard L. Hartley, who represents Raymond, wrote that his client didn’t object to Wolff’s motion. Rich approved the motion.

He was convicted at trial last year on five misdemeanor charges: two counts of unlawful sexual touching and three counts of assault. The three girls involved had been Raymond’s music students in April 2005 and September and October 2007. Raymond was released on two years probation following a 60-day sentence last year for those convictions.

The federal charges date back to July 14, 2007, and Aug. 13, 2007, when Raymond allegedly transported a girl younger than 18 from Maine to New Hampshire and back to Maine, intending to commit felonious sexual assault and unlawful sexual touching, according to indictments handed up by a federal grand jury.