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Sudbury.com
by: Darren MacDonald
Some teachers in Greater Sudbury are facing disciplinary hearings over allegations of misconduct.
The teachers – two from the English Catholic school board and one from Rainbow District – face hearings for a range of issues, from sexual abuse of a student to criminal charges related to an incident outside the classroom.
In the first case, a male teacher with the Catholic board was accused of rubbing a female student’s leg on two different occasions over two school years.
As a result, he’s facing allegations of student sexual abuse, as well as physical and emotional abuse, of failing to live up to professional standards and of engaging in conduct unbecoming to someone in the profession.
In the second case, another Catholic board teacher was found guilty of professional misconduct for a variety of issues, such as swearing at students, losing his temper and tearing cords out of the wall, hugging male and female students, hitting one male student with a yardstick and telling a female student to wear something sexy for a performance.
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