The woman, who agreed to be identified in The Post, is Kelley Currin. Her maiden name was Kelley Davies. Currin, 43, alleged that Curl began touching her inappropriately in 1983. The abuse continued and grew more extensive in the following years, she said.

In her 14-year-old mind, Currin said, she considered it “a love affair.”

According to charging documents, Currin told investigators that, starting when she was 13, Curl kissed her, fondled her and had her touch his genitalia multiple times. He also had intercourse with her multiple times from the time she was 15 until she was approximately 18, she told authorities.

Currin said that she appreciates that investigators took action even though many years have passed and that she is “relieved that this has been done,” her attorney, B. Robert Allard, said Thursday.

“She feels that the world is a better place now than it was before he was arrested,” he said.

Curl turned himself in about 8:30 a.m. Thursday, police said, and was released on $50,000 bond.

In a statement, Curl’s attorneys called him a “devoted father and husband” who over three decades “successfully coached hundreds of young men and women.”

“Rick Curl is a good man,” attorneys Thomas J. Kelly Jr. and Bruce L. Marcus wrote Thursday. After the allegations became public, many swimmers and their family members “reached out to us to offer their support and to reiterate that Rick was an excellent coach, a good person, and a man that provided them and their children with strong moral leadership.”