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BC Teacher Sex Assault: Delta High School Teacher Arrested Following Attack On Student

First Posted: 11/10/11 02:03 PM ET Updated: 11/11/11 05:36 PM ET

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Delta Police are recommending charges be laid against a high school teacher who was arrested Sunday following accusations he sexually assaulted a teenage girl from another school district.


The investigation began Nov. 4 after a young girl reported she had been attacked near the Delta Secondary School gym in Ladner, B.C. A 43-year-old teacher was arrested two days later.


Police say that teacher has since been released from custody, pending a decision from Crown prosecutors on whether to lay charges of sexual assault and sexual interference.


Police say the suspect's name can't be released until charges are officially approved by the Crown, but he was released under various conditions, including not to returning a call to Delta Secondary or to have any contact with girls under the age of 16.


The school district says the teacher was immediately suspended with pay and staff at Delta Secondary were told about the allegations earlier this week.


But students and parents have not been informed and the district says that won't happen unless charges are laid.


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hculliton
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08:01 AM on 11/11/2011
Unless he's convicted, he must be treated as innocent. High school teachers have been falsely accused of sexual assault in the past, which can destroy their careers and lives. That said, if he is convicted he deserves the maximum punishment under the law.
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viennawoods
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10:27 PM on 11/10/2011
Like the whole town hasn't figured it out already. They know his age, and all of a sudden he's not in the classroom.
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wanglog
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07:50 AM on 11/11/2011
that's exactly what i took from this article. i remember high school well enough to know that every student at that school, as well as other schools in the vicinity, will know exactly who this particular teacher is thanks to rumours and innuendo that tend to reach all corners of high school societies. the teacher will have to leave the system even if he's found to be not guilty.
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