Stolen Innocence
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Assault in storage room impossible, teacher says
BY WENDY DARROCHSTAFF REPORTER
A teacher says it would have been impossible for a child to be sexually
assaulted in her school's storage room without her knowledge.
K.B said to get to the storage room in G. Public School, people
had to go through her classroom.
A 20-year-old man testified Tuesday before Madam Justice K.F that
when he was 10, his Grade 4 teacher, N.C 47, sent him to the storage
room about three mornings a week for acting out.
He told the Ontario Court, general division judge that on two occasions
before Christmas, 1987,Mr C made him masturbate him and in February,
1988, the teacher pressed him to perform fellatio on him during morning recess.
Mr.C has pleaded not guilty to three counts of sexual assault, three
counts of touching for a sexual purpose and one count of assault,
all between Sept. 1, 1987, and March 31, 1988.
Mrs.B. said she never saw Mr.C take anyone to the storage room and her
classroom was locked during recess.
The complainant, who cannot be identified, also said when he was
swimming with his class one day, Mr.C kicked him in the head for being rude.
Mrs.B said teachers sat a few metres from the water's edge during the weekly
swimming lessons at Variety Village.
When asked whether she'd ever seen Mr.C kick one of his students, she replied, "Absolutely not."
Opinion
TO YOU PRINCIPLE FG, TEACHER KB, TEACHERS AIDS, MRS J AND MRS H.
SITTING IN THE COURTROOM ON THIS JUDGEMENT DAY
I BOWED MY HEAD DOWN AND I CLASPED MY HANDS TO PRAY
MY HEART IT SPILLED EMPTY, MY SOUL IT DAMAGED TOO
DID YOU THINK FOR A MOMENT NOW WHAT HE'S FREE TO DO?
WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN, TEACHERS!! WAS IT WORTH ALL THAT?
YOU COULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT US, IN THE COURTROOM WHERE WE SAT
YOU FREED THIS MAN WHY? YOU KNEW IT WAS TRUE
"YOU KNOW HE USED THIS ROOM AND YOU TEACHERS USED IT TOO"
I PRAY TO GOD OFTEN, EACH AND EVERY NIGHT
TO HELP LIFT THIS HEARTACHE, THAT HAS MADE MY CHEST SO TIGHT
I PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN, NO OTHER PARENTS WILL KNOW
THE MAN THAT COULD BE TEACHING YOUR CHILD, COULD BE TEACHING THEM MORE THEN YOU KNOW.
In a court of law the judge has to rule on what is put forth to her/him beyond a reasonable doubt.
The reason I believe Mr.C's charges where dismissed was because the teachers mislead the court and gave reasonable doubt. If they told the Judge that the room in question was never used by Mr.C, then how could Mr. C have sexually abused our son J.
I know for a fact that we took J out of Mr.C's class because of this room. The teachers took it upon themselves to be the Judge and Jury, knowing very well they obstructed justice without any concerns for the children, giving the teacher the freedom to go right back in the school system not caring whose child could be next.
