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Police charge teacher at Sudbury, Ont., high school with additional sexual offence

File photo -- Greater Sudbury Police. The Canadian Press Images/Francis Vachon

Police say a teacher at a Catholic high school in Sudbury, Ont., is facing additional charges related to allegations of inappropriate behaviour and touching involving underage students.

Police say they received a complaint in June regarding a teacher at St. Charles College and students under the age of 16, and charged a 56-year-old man that month with two counts each of sexual assault and sexual interference.

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Investigators say they received more complaints, and have now charged the suspect with five more counts each of sexual assault and sexual interference.

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Police have released few details into the alleged incidents to protect the identities of the complainants.

They say a former administrator at the school has also been charged with criminal negligence and failure to provide the necessaries of life as part of the investigation.

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Police say they believe students attempted to report incidents to the school’s administration.

The former administrator, a 40-year-old man, has been released and is due back in court in early November. The teacher, meanwhile, appeared in court Thursday to face the new charges.

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