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Former Perth, Ont., teacher pleads guilty to 2 sex-related charges

A Perth, Ont., teacher is facing 2 separate civil lawsuits. Town of Perth

A former Perth, Ont., teacher has pleaded guilty to two sex offences.

On April 29, Jeff Peters, a former Catholic school teacher in Perth, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual assault and invitation to sexual touching.

In 2019, he was charged with two counts each of sexual assault, sexual exploitation and two counts of invitation of sexual touching.

His charges were in relation to two young female victims. He was still a teacher at the time of the offences.

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He is also facing a 10-year weapons ban, and he will be on the sex offender list for 20 years.

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He is also banned for life from contacting his two victims, along with the sister and mother of one of the victims.

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