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Sex assault probe leads to arrest of former Toronto scout leader

2015 picture of Jeremy Nathaniel Gregg, 45, charged in historic Sexual Assault investigation. Toronto Police Service

TORONTO – Toronto police have arrested a former Toronto scout leader in connection to a sexual assault investigation and authorities believe there may be more victims.

Jeremy Nathaniel Gregg, 45, of Toronto is alleged to have sexually assaulted two children on numerous occasions between 1992 and 2003 while he was a scout leader for Scouts Canada.

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It is alleged the accused befriended a family and was invited to their home in the Queen Street East and Jones Avenue area where he sexually assaulted his victims.

Police say the children were aged between two to 12 and two to seven at the time of the incidents.

Gregg has been charged with seven counts of sexual assault, seven counts of sexual exploitation and three counts of invitation to sexual touching.

The accused is scheduled to appear in court today.

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Anyone with further information on this case is urged to call police.

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