Did he use a condom?

[bugzpodder]

http://www.canada.com/windsor/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=139d3689-67d2-412c-bf05-ebdbb676bf10

in light of the child porn viewing not too long ago...

you know, i am really ashamed of coming from massey now... that f@g is almost 50... he's so fuking disgusting even for a pervert

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Teacher charged in sex case
Man accused of exploiting a 15-year-old female student on school property

Kelly Patrick
Windsor Star

August 13, 2005


A teacher at Vincent Massey high school is facing criminal charges after he allegedly had sex with one of his 15-year-old female students on school property.

Police arrested Thomas Powers, 49, Wednesday. He was arraigned the same day on one count of sexual exploitation, said Staff Sgt. Dale Walker.

The parents of the victim say their daughter is "devastated." They say that although the sex was consensual, it happened only twice.

"This was a person we trusted," said her mother.

"You let your child go to school and you think they're OK. She was definitely not OK."

The legal age of sexual consent in Canada is 14.

However, the sexual exploitation section of the Criminal Code allows police to charge authority figures, such as teachers, relatives or coaches, if they take advantage of teens between the ages of 14 and 18.

Police allege Powers exploited the 15-year-old between June and August of this year.

Powers wasn't scheduled to return to Massey in the fall. He'd already applied for a one-year leave of absence to teach English as a second language in the Egyptian capital of Cairo.

He's set to depart Aug. 23.

Following his Wednesday court appearance Powers was released on $15,000 bail with no provisions prohibiting him from leaving the country.

"I understand he's innocent until proven guilty," said the girl's mother.

"But the fact he can now go to another country and teach is very disturbing."

Powers taught music and media arts at Massey from 1991 to 2003, said Mary Jean Gallagher, the director of education at the Greater Essex County District School Board. He took a year off to teach in Oman in 2003-04, but returned this year.

"I've reviewed his personal file and there's nothing in his record to suggest this kind of behaviour," said Gallagher.

She said the school board planned to conduct its own investigation into the allegations and to deliver word of the criminal charges to the Ontario College of Teachers.

Power to discipline teachers

The college has the power to discipline teachers who abuse their positions or run afoul of the law. Penalties can include revoking an educator's teaching certificate.

"The board and myself are extremely distressed," said Gallagher. "If as this matter proceeds the allegations are found to be accurate it's clearly a serious breach of trust and something on a personal and professional level that I abhor."

The girl's parents found out about the alleged incidents Sunday night.

Told older brother

Their daughter told an older brother's girlfriend, who in turn told her boyfriend and the rest of the 15-year-old's siblings.

Then all the children, including the victim, revealed it to their parents together.

"(She) was so devastated they had to carry her into the house," said the girl's mother. "Everybody was crying. (She) was curled forward on the floor on her face. She could barely speak."

Eventually the story's alleged details spilled out.

The parents say they didn't know about any of this until Sunday.

Before that, the girl told her parents that Powers was just a cool and funny media arts teacher and yearbook supervisor.

They believe their daughter had a schoolgirl crush on her teacher and that she'd started to become interested in boys. She's never had a boyfriend, they said.

The Star tried twice Friday to reach Powers at the LaSalle address listed in his court file. Nobody was home. His lawyer, Andrew Bradie, did not return calls placed Friday afternoon.

kpatrick@thestar.canwest.com or 255-5777, ext. 642
© The Windsor Star 2005

[Tony]

article wrote:

They say that although the sex was consensual, it happened only twice.

What?

[bugzpodder]

???

[Neo]

Sounds awkward.

[Notoroge]

Dude. My take on it,
It was consensual. It wasn't like he raped her. Check it, if it happens twice, that means the girl is coming back for more. It's happened plenty of times, when girls do this kind of stuff for attention. Example,
Someone at my school student-council was charged in court for 'raping' two girls, turns out, they were just screwing around trying to get attention. That's my take on it. Think about it, the girl was perfectly chill right up until her boyfriend found out by word of mouth, and then she started crying and convulsing, and acting?

Don't know man, I sympathise with rape victims, and with people that are psychologically forced into having sex, but the girl wanted to do it. She got caught, she felt ashamed, and started saying how she was mentally destroyed.

Sounds really fishy.

[Mazer]

I haven't met the girl in question, but it wouldn't surprise me to hear that she's no angel. Of course, Powers is a disgusting freak. What is it with Massey's art department?

[bugzpodder]

Notoroge wrote:

It was consensual. It wasn't like he raped her.

a 50 year old teacher should know better than to exploit 15 year old's crush on him to get her to have sex with him. It is just wrong. how would you feel it was like your sister?

[Mazer]

But a 15 year old couldn't possibly know better? Damn, are you about to tell us she got the whole idea from Grand Theft Auto?

[Notoroge]

bugzpodder wrote:

Notoroge wrote:

It was consensual. It wasn't like he raped her.

a 50 year old teacher should know better than to exploit 15 year old's crush on him to get her to have sex with him. It is just wrong. how would you feel it was like your sister?

I'd call her a s!ut, and laugh at her for being so desperate that she had to have sex with a 50 year old.

Coutsos wrote:

But a 15 year old couldn't possibly know better? Damn, are you about to tell us she got the whole idea from Grand Theft Auto?

[AsianSensation]

Yeah, good point, What is with the arts department at Massey? Next thing you know, Horton will be charged for sexual harassment and the WHOLE arts department will completely transform into pedophiles.

Oh yes, the girl has to be a big time Haore, that's for sure, those people get no pity from me. There are plenty of stories about Powers and how female students in his class with 20 avg suddenly gets 96 on the exam and passing. Though I am still creeped out about this.

[bugzpodder]

well, to others, its not just massey's art department. the whole schools fuked up. as i said, i am just ashamed

[Jiran]

You know, he may not have exploited her sexually. I'm young and don't know much about other people's feelings, but if he liked her, as a person, and she liked him, then in their eyes what they did was alright. He may be a pedophile, yes. But he may also have been a person with feelings for another person. And if it's consensual, then what's the problem? They're happy, end of story.

[Cervantes]

That's the logical side of things. That's the side of things that ignores emotion, decency, and even morals, to an extent. These things must be looked at from a point balanced between these two extremes.

P.S. Welcome back.

[Martin]

I think this disqualifies him from being a f@g though bugz...

[Notoroge]

Martin wrote:

I think this disqualifies him from being a f@g though bugz...

Hehehe...

@Cervantes, We're not ignoring emotion, decency, and morals. To an extent. Morals? Well, I don't know. You tell me. What is the moral thing to do? And by whos' moral standards are you judging their acts by? Why does that moral standard define such act as immoral?

Decency? Again, a very subjective word. And directly related to one's view on morals.