CANADA
Calgary Herald
Yolande Cole
Calgary’s Catholic school board did not suspend a teacher under investigation for inappropriate sexual contact with a student until he was charged about four months later, because police indicated he was not a threat to current students.
Education officials said they were first told in late January that police were investigating an allegation from a woman that she had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a teacher while she was a student at Bishop McNally High School between 2007 and 2009.
At a news conference Wednesday, the school district said the police service was “quite confident” that there was no current risk to students.
“Obviously, the safety of our students is our top priority, and it’s a difficult situation, of course, so we worked with the Calgary Police Service,” said Tania Van Brunt, director of communications for the Calgary Catholic School District.
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