A report from the Canadian Centre for Child Protection says 252current or former school personnel committed or were accused of committing offences of a sexual nature against 548 children over a five-year span.
It says another 38 personnel were criminally charged for child pornography-related offences during the same time frame of 2017 to 2021.
“It is startling and a bit infuriating,” said Noni Classen, director of education at the Winnipeg-based centre.
Classen said it is the only known publicly available, Canada-wide snapshot of sexual offending in schools. The centre searched disciplinary records, media sources and criminal case law to build the database.
The report includes any person working in a school environment, including teachers, administrators, bus drivers and custodial staff….