Former director of the Boys’ School of Alberta, who has molested the student receives conditions of conditional freedom

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The former director of a Controversial boys’ school in Alberta IS -granted a conditional freedom less than two years after he a prison penalty started For sexual abuse of one student three decades ago.

Paul Sheppard also lined up a job as a consultant in a field of health care, the most recent conditioned freedom of the decision -making states in Canada.

Last month, a two members’ sentence committee opted to grant Sheppard Full Passwords, six months after it was released from prison at a house in Ontario halfway.

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The members of the Board of Directors, Matthew O’Brien and Terry Hancock, said they believe that Sheppard would not present an “unjustified risk for society” if a less restrictive release will be given.

The Board of Directors noted Sheppard’s “disturbing history” with the criminal justice system – including a Account of assault Left while he was in conditional day release – but he also highlighted improvements since his incarceration.

“You have progressed well while you have convicted up to date, you have a history of adequate behavior within the institution (prison) and you have engaged in programming and counseling,” said the Board of Directors for Sheppard. “Moreover, the history of your release, including an extended period of bail, was without incident.”

In addition to the standard reporting and surveillance conditions, Sheppard has been prevented from holding any position of trust or authority or having unattended contact with boys under 18 years. It also ordered to take counseling for mental health to address sexual crimes.

History of crime crime

Sheppard, 61 years old, was Convicted in 2021 He sexually abused Stecy Easton during the 1993-94 school year at Saint John’s School in Alberta, a deceased private school in the southwest of Edmont.

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Sexual abuse took place under the pretext of Spankings, which were part of the unconventional corporal punishment regime.

Sheppard appealed to his sentence and sentence of six years. I was given bail while waiting for the call and did not start serving Time until September 2023 – more than two years after being found guilty.

Court of Appeal of Alberta refused to overthrow the conviction of Sheppardbut in the end and the sentence reduced a little under four years. The crown has since then attacked that verdict At the Supreme Court of Canada, who has not heard the case yet.

Sheppard received conditions of conditional freedom on July 30, 2024, after serving about 10 months for the crimes at Saint John’s.

Conditional Liberty Council granted the early release to a house halfway down in spite of Sheppard Insistence continues There was nothing sexual about his offense.

The hearing of conditioned freedom revealed that Sheppard had a Previous convictionwhich was never brought during his trial for offenses that involved Easton. The young man, Sheppard pleaded guilty of throwing the empty bottoms of the five boys she knew as a police officer in Stratford, ont. Initially, he was accused of sexual assault, but he said guilty of a simple aggression and received a suspended punishment.

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Shortly after a teaching career began to take him all over the world.

Charges of sexual abuse against Sheppard appeared later from 1989 Stint at the Ampleforth College in England. He was paid in 2015.

Consulting job

Sheppard’s most recent decision -making decision says he intends to return to his home in the Niagara region in Canada.

He mentioned that Sheppard is “semi-punished”, but found his work as a “business consultant for a health science research and development company”, which the conditional freedom Council does not identify (Sheppard holds five university diplomas, including a doctorate in educational management).

The Board of Directors said that Sheppard has support from his community and was “transparent” with friends and family about his criminal record.

The Council noted and Sheppard was loaded assaulted with a weapon while in conditional freedom. The accusation comes from the charges Sheppard has forced a former partner without his consent in 2017, before his trial for offenses involving Easton.

Former partner, Christopher Proudfoot, said he is worried that Sheppard has received conditions of conditional freedom and does not believe that the authorities have done enough to inform him about relaxed issuing conditions.

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Proudfoot says he was in a relationship with both Sheppard and Liam Coward, Sheppard’s partner, who died of an overdose in 2022, at 28.

The assault case is the following in court in Ontario March 25.

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