Another person charged at Sask. private school at the centre of multiple abuse allegations
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Another person affiliated with a Saskatoon Christian school embroiled in legal trouble over multiple allegations of abuse has been charged with assault.
Another person affiliated with a Saskatoon Christian school embroiled in legal trouble over multiple allegations of abuse has been charged with assault.
In a news release on Tuesday afternoon, Saskatoon police said a 44-year-old woman affiliated with the Legacy Christian Academy — now Valour Academy — turned herself in on Monday to face a charge of assault with a weapon.
According to police, the new charges stem from a report they received in June of a recent assault at the faith-based private school at the centre of a $25 million lawsuit claiming a history of abuse.
In June, the Ministry of Education told CTV News it was aware of recent allegations that a staff member at the school assaulted a young student, and said it was conducting its own investigation.
Roughly two dozen officials from the former Legacy Christian Academy and its affiliated Mile Two Church are named in a $25 million class action lawsuit launched by former students who allege they were subject to physical, psychological and sexual abuse at school.
The allegations in the lawsuit have yet to be tested in court.
In January, the school’s former athletic director Aaron Benneweis was sentenced to two years less a day for sexually assaulting a student when she was between 13 and 16-years-old.
