Ex-principal loses licence for allowing sexual abuse

[Locutus]

Jacques Perron ignored abuse at Ontario school by a man alleged to be an ex-lover.

A former principal who ignored allegations that his ex-lover was sexually abusing a mentally disabled student at his elementary school had his licence revoked by the Ontario College of Teachers Wednesday.

Jacques Perron was found guilty of professional misconduct earlier this year after the college found he ignored several reports that an employee, allegedly a close friend and a former lover, had abused the student on several occasions at his French-language Catholic school in Kenora, Ont.

On Wednesday, a three-member disciplinary committee opted to take away Perron’s accreditation and bar him from reapplying to the college for at least five years. The lawyer for the college, which oversees teachers in the province, argued that Perron’s wilful ignorance of the abuse makes him an accomplice and revocation is the only appropriate action in the case.

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[Sal]

But Perron’s lawyer Jacques Roy said his client never admitted to turning a blind eye to the abuse and he plans to appeal the college’s decision. Perron said the decision was based on false accusations from former students and colleagues with an axe to grind.

“I feel like a victim,” he said after the hearing.

Hm but then here we have:

During the hearing, Perron’s defence claimed he had erred because of his affection for the other man. The college determined that, by ignoring the abuse, Perron had “acted inappropriately and incompetently, violated the ethics of the profession and failed to carry out his professional responsibilities.”

Ontario’s Child and Family Service’s Act requires anyone working with children to report any suspicion of abuse.

Perron ran the school until 2004, when he went on sick leave to cope with stress from complaints filed by a former school employee. He was later suspended without pay and was then fired by the local French Catholic school board in 2006.

He erred and failed to protect a student...douche bag, he should not be allowed to be in an authority position which involves kids, ever again.

 

[The Old Medic]

In the USA, this "man" would have been prosecuted for aiding and abetting the abuse of the child. He would also be barred from ever working as a teacher or principal again.

This "penalty" is laughable!

 

[Sal]

In the USA, this "man" would have been prosecuted for aiding and abetting the abuse of the child. He would also be barred from ever working as a teacher or principal again.

This "penalty" is laughable!

no kidding, disgusting what he got, and he's going to appeal? stupid fool...twice lucky for us I hope