Saskatoon mayor looking for options following allegations against city councilor

Saskatoon mayor Charlie Clark is responding to recent allegation against Ward 5 city councilor Randy Donauer.

Clark is putting forth a motion to the governance and priorities committee for administration to come back with a report outlining governance options available to council when public concerns are brought up regarding a member of council.

Allegations against Donauer stem from Coy Nolin, a former student of Legacy Christian Academy.

Nolin alleges Donauer struck him with a wooden paddle while he was attending Living Waters Bible Camp. At the time, Saskatoon Christian Centre Church, now known as Mile Two Church, was renting the camp.

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None of the allegations have been tested in court, and Donauer is not currently named in a class action suit.

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Nolin said the paddling happened in 2003, and corporal punishment was banned by the supreme court of Canada in 2004.

“I was spanked. Afterwards, we talked about what I did was wrong and, you know, have to be more of a man of God, and gossip is not something that is permitted,” said Nolin.

Councilor Randy Donauer sent a statement to Global News.

“I deny any wrongdoing. If any of these unsubstantiated assertions are made against me, I will vigorously defend them,” said Donauer in an email.

Clark’s motion will be voted on by the governance and priorities committee on Monday.