A former principal, teacher and truancy counsellor with the Hamilton and Peel school boards has pleaded guilty to 10 counts of indecent assault involving young boys.
Whitby's John Leek, 70, pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to four years in prison. He also had restrictions placed on any interaction with children under the age of 16.
Leek was arrested last year on charges of indecent acts on a male and gross indecency between June 1976 and December 1977. Several of the incidents happened while he worked in Hamilton.
Leek worked as a teacher, truancy counsellor, vice principal and principal. According to police, he also had an active role in several children's choirs across Ontario and worked as an organist with the Anglican Church. (more...)
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