Manitoba teacher arrested, charged with sexual assault of student
Teacher employed at Brandon School Division at time of arrest but now on administrative leave
RCMP have charged a 39-year-old Brandon, Man., teacher with a number of sexual offences dating back to 2010.
Police received a report in May 2021 of sexual abuse that occurred over the course of a calendar year, RCMP said in a news release on Tuesday.
The accuser was a teenage student and the accused was a teacher, both at a school in the Turtle Mountain School Division.
On Dec. 22, RCMP arrested and charged a 39-year-old man from Brandon with two counts of sexual assault as well as luring and sexual exploitation of a young person by someone in a position of trust or authority.
The man is currently listed as a teacher in the Brandon School Division, but a spokesperson from the division said he has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the legal proceedings.
"As the matter is now before the courts and is a personnel matter, the division will not comment any further," communications co-ordinator Terri Curtis said in an email.
The man was released with a number of conditions and is scheduled to appear in court in Killarney, Man., on March 8.
Under the Criminal Code, people under 18 can't consent to sex with a person in a position of trust or authority over them.
There's no time limit on reporting sexual assault to police.
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