Sexual assault charges have been laid in relation to Legacy Christian Academy, the fourth arrest related to the school.
Sources, including the person who identified themselves as the victim in the case, have confirmed that former school director and vice-principal Ken Schultz is charged with sexual assault and assault with a weapon.
Saskatoon police said the man turned himself in Tuesday morning.
“For the last 30 years I have integrated this as my life story with the expectation that nothing would ever come of it. It was just something that happened and for a long time I had thought it was just me that had experienced these things,” the alleged victim told Global News.
Global News is not naming the victim at this time.
They said right now, it feels like their word against the whole church.
“I’m hopeful that if anyone else is holding on to anything that happened with him that my story will empower them to come forward. There aren’t as many from the timeframe from when I was there who have made police reports.”
Shultz is named in a $25-million class action lawsuit against Mile Two Church, which runs the school. Dozens of former students are alleging that they were physically and sexually abused at the institution prior to 2005.
According to the statement of claim filed in August of 2022, 74-year-old Schultz was also a long-time elder of Mile Two Church.
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The person said the arrest is a testament to the power of openness and communication.
“So much of what went on at Christian Centre, Legacy, Mile Two, whatever, was shrouded in secrecy and dependence upon the view of the people in charge as the ultimate authority and preventing anyone that they were victimizing from basically speaking up and comparing notes and acknowledging what was happening to all of us.”
They said this arrest is a valuable part of their healing.
Schultz will appear in Saskatoon Provincial Court on August 21.
The alleged victim said potentially seeing Schultz in a courtroom will be intimidating, but a necessary battle.
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