So, basically he is being criminally charged despite no longer being her teacher and while age of consent in Canada is 16 (unless older person is in position of power)? Disguisting as it is, why is he being criminally charged? This case has no legs, right?
I’d say no, but the world is going crazy, so probably the guy is going to get the book thrown at him. At the rate things are going they’ll raise the age of consent to 30 and make it illegal if the other person earns less money than you.
World going crazy? Who let the libertarians out. This guy was her teacher months prior and was a teacher to other children. He is a predator.
Yeah where’s the defense of this coming from?
Comsenting adults, fine. Consenting adults or close enough in range of statutory laws, morally dicey but I guess it’s socially acceptable. Add the fact that they were your teacher, ever, and it crosses ANOTHER line and I don’t think we can lump that many “exceptions” together without it being a big ol’ shit bundle.
Just because you left your teaching job before fucking your 16 year old ex-student, that doesn’t magically make you not a sexual predator.
He didn’t leave his teaching job.
I don’t necessarily disagree with you. But it also doesn’t magically make you a sexual predator either. We have rules to prevent sexual predation, such as that you can’t fuck your students and someone has to be over a certain age to have sex with an adult. From my view this is all panty wringing and the dude broke no laws. Maybe he is a predator, maybe the laws should be changed. Or maybe we shouldn’t infantilize sexually active mature human beings and maybe we ought to teach our daughters about dudes like this.
Yah but you know he’s going to get a harsher punishment cause he has a penis. The other way people don’t seem to care as much. https://youtu.be/8hdbns1Xdk0
There are exceptions. Someone who was up until recently a teacher may fall into the category of being in a position of trust or authority towards the minor. Without knowing the legal precedents, it’s hard to know how much of an edge case this is.
From the JusticeThe following factors may be taken into account when determining whether a relationship is exploitative of the young person:
From the* Justice Canada webpage on Age of Consent*
Sexual exploitation A 16 or 17 year old cannot consent to sexual activity if:
- their sexual partner is in position of trust or authority towards them, for example their teacher or coach
- the young person is dependent on their sexual partner, for example for care or support the relationship between the young person and their sexual partner is exploitative
The following factors may be taken into account when determining whether a relationship is exploitative of the young person:
- the young person’s age
- the age difference between the young person and their partner
- how the relationship developed (for example, quickly, secretly, or over the internet)
- whether the partner may have controlled or influenced the young person
To me it’s the fact that he abused his position of trust to initiate a private relationship that makes me feel that a crime may have been committed. (Due to compromised consent).
Also there may be an argument to be made that a highschool teacher remains in a position of authority while a former student completes post secondary education. As the former student is likely to perceive that a former teacher has potential influence over scholarships/bursaries or want to use them as a positive reference for a summer internship after their first year or something.
Rule of thumb is 1 year separation from the position of authority. At least, that’s what’s in the training from the Occupational Therapy regulatory body.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A teacher at Western Canada High School initiated a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old he’d taught months earlier, a Calgary judge was told Wednesday.
A previous court ruling connected to the case shows Selby’s lawyer plans to “demonstrate that the relationship between the parties was not exploitative and that there existed no power imbalance in favour of the accused.”
The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) would only say Selby is “unassigned from teaching duties and not actively at work at this time.”
Amy says she and Selby continued a sexual relationship on-and-off over the next two years until she began to feel uncomfortable about their dynamic.
That June, Amy was writing final exams ahead of graduation, and testified Selby asked her to come visit him in his classroom, which he also called his office.
Almost immediately, Amy says Selby began lecturing her, saying things like “You cannot tell anyone about this, people could get the wrong idea … I could get in a lot of trouble.”
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Guy’s trying to cultivate that Rasputin look.
Remember kids, if someone tells you to keep secrets from your parents, you should tell your parents immediately.
Maybe not have sex with the student.
