Rick Watkins aka Rick Despatie, Orléans, Ontario (arrested Apr 2021) [sex assaults of girls < 14]

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    Rick Watkins aka Rick Despatie, 57, teacher at St. Matthew High School, Ottawa Catholic School Board, Orléans, Ontario, Canada, sexual assaults of girls under age 14


    Ottawa Catholic school teacher accused of sexually assaulting girls under 14

    A 57-year-old Ottawa man is facing multiple sexual assault-related charges after a police investigation into incidents involving students at a local Catholic school. Police launched an investigation in March of this year after hearing about incidents happening between the fall of 2020 and March, involving young girls under the ages of 14. The suspect in these cases was teaching as a member of the Ottawa Catholic School Board at the time of the incidents. Rick Watkins has been charged with: [*]Sexual assault (three counts) [*]Sexual interference (three counts) [*]Sexual exploitation of a young person (three counts) At the time of ...


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    Rick Watkins, Rick Despatie, St. Matthew High School, Ottawa Catholic School Board, Orléans, Ontario, Canada
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    Ottawa teacher faces sex assault charges in relation to young students: police

    An Ottawa teacher has been charged with sexual assault after incidents involving several young students, police say. Police say the incidents involved young girls under the age of 14, and took place between the fall of 2020 and March of this year. Ottawa police’s sexual assault and child abuse unit began investigating the allegations last month. Police say the incidents took place while the Ottawa man was acting as a teacher for the Ottawa Catholic School Board. In a statement, the board said 57-year-old Rick Watkins, also known as Rick Despatie, was suspended March 9 when the allegations came to ...


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    Ottawa teacher faces sex assault charges in relation to young students: police

    An Ottawa teacher has been charged with sexual assault after incidents involving several young students, police say. Police say the incidents involved young girls under the age of 14, and took place between the fall of 2020 and March of this year. Ottawa police's sexual assault and child abuse unit began investigating the allegations last month. Police say the incidents took place while the Ottawa man was acting as a teacher for the Ottawa Catholic School Board. In a statement, the board said 57-year-old Rick Watkins, also known as Rick Despatie, was suspended March 9 when the allegations came to ...


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    Longtime Ottawa teacher charged with sexually assaulting girls under 14

    Ottawa police have charged a longtime teacher at an Orléans high school with sexually assaulting young girls. The police investigation started last month into incidents that allegedly occurred between fall 2020 and March 2021. Police say the offences involved girls under 14. On Tuesday, police charged Rick Watkins, 57, also known as Rick Despatie, with three charges each of sexual assault, sexual interference and sexual exploitation of a young person. Police allege the incidents happened while the accused was in the course of his duties as a teacher with the Ottawa Catholic School Board. The OCSB confirmed Tuesday that the ...


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    Ottawa Teacher RICK WATKINS (DESPATIE) charged with sex related offences involving students

    The Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Section charged a man who has been employed as a teacher, following an investigation into allegations of sexual offences involving students. In March 2021, a police investigation was commenced into incidents that occurred between the fall of 2020 and March 2021 involving young girls under the ages of 14. The investigation revealed incidents occurred while the accused was in the course of his duties as a teacher, while employed by the Ottawa Catholic School Board. On April 20th, 2021, the Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit charged Rick WATKINS, 57 years ...


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    Ottawa teacher charged with sexual offences involving girls

    Ottawa police have charged a teacher with multiple sexual offences involving two girls under the age of 14, and say they're concerned there may be more victims. Rick Watkins, 57, was charged Tuesday with three counts of sexual exploitation and three counts of sexual interference. At the time of the offences Watkins was known as Rick Despatie. Watkins worked as a teacher with the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB). According to police, the incidents involved two students and occurred between the fall of 2020 and March 2021. The OCSB confirmed Watkins had been a teacher at St. Matthew High School ...


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    Prominent Orléans high school coach charged with sexually assaulting students

    A veteran teacher and high-profile sports coach with the Ottawa Catholic School Board has been charged with three counts of sexual assault on several of his students. Ottawa police charged Rick Watkins, 57, on Tuesday with three counts of sexual assault, three counts of sexual interference and three counts of sexual exploitation of a young person. The alleged offences occurred between the fall of 2020 and March 2021, police said. All the victims were under 14. At the time of the offences, Watkins was known as Rick Despatie. In a statement, the board said Watkins has been suspended since March ...


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    Catholic school board acknowledges earlier complaints about teacher were not acted upon

    Three days after a prominent St. Matthew High School teacher and coach was charged with sexually assaulting students, the Ottawa Catholic School Board says it is looking into how it handled earlier complaints made against him. On Tuesday, Ottawa police charged 57-year-old Rick Watkins, previously known as Rick Despatie, with three counts of sexual assault, three counts of sexual interference and three counts of sexual exploitation of a young person. The alleged offences occurred between the fall of 2020 and March 2021, police said, and involved students under age 14. Police said at the time they believed there could be ...


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    Catholic board investigating after parents say complaints about accused teacher not acted upon

    Three days after a prominent St. Matthew High School teacher and coach was charged with sexually assaulting students, the Ottawa Catholic School Board says it is looking into how it handled earlier complaints made against him. On Tuesday, Ottawa police charged 57-year-old Rick Watkins, previously known as Rick Despatie, with three counts of sexual assault, three counts of sexual interference and three counts of sexual exploitation of a young person. The alleged offences occurred between the fall of 2020 and March 2021, police said, and involved students under age 14. Police said at the time they believed there could be ...


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    Ottawa Catholic board launching review after longtime teacher charged with sex offences

    The Ottawa Catholic School Board is launching a review of how it handled previous allegations brought forward to school administrators concerning a longtime teacher at St. Matthew High School in Orleans. Last Tuesday, Ottawa police charged Rick Watkins, 57, of Ottawa with three counts of sexual assault, three counts of sexual interference and three counts of sexual exploitation of a young person. Watkins is also known as Rick Despatie. None of the allegations have been tested in court. "We heard from some former students and parents that allegations had been brought forward to the previous school administration, yet they did ...


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    School ignored warnings about teacher, former students and parents say

    Shoulder rubs, inappropriate touching, belittling comments — these are some of the concerns former students and their parents say were brought to administrators of an Ottawa high school in the years leading up to one of its teachers being charged with sex offences against children. For more than a decade, complaints about math teacher Rick Despatie's conduct at St. Matthew High School in Orléans went unanswered or dismissed, leaving some in the community feeling ignored and exposed to abuse, they allege. CBC News has spoken with more than a dozen parents and former students of "Mr. Despatie," who was charged ...


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    Shoulder rubs, inappropriate touching, belittling comments — these are some of the concerns former students and their parents say were brought to the attention of administrators at St. Matthew High ...


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    Ottawa police lay nearly four dozen new charges against longtime catholic school teacher accused of sexual assault

    Ottawa police have laid dozens of new charges against a longtime Ottawa Catholic School Board teacher who was recently accused of sexual assault. Rick Watkins, a.k.a. Rick Despatie, was charged with three counts each of sexual assault, sexual interference and sexual exploitation of a young person on April 20. Investigators said they were concerned there may have been additional victims and asked for more information. Watkins, 57, was a teacher at St. Matthew High School for more than 25 years, the OCSB told CTV News Ottawa. He was suspended March 9, when the allegations first came forward. On Wednesday, Ottawa ...


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    High school coach charged with 45 new offences involving 13 more victims

    Ottawa police have laid 45 new charges against a veteran teacher and coach at St. Matthew High School in Orléans involving 13 new victims. The new charges against Rick Watkins, who changed his name recently from Rick Despatie, date from 2004 to 2021 and include 13 counts of sexual assault, 13 counts of sexual interference, six counts of voyeurism, one count of assault and one count of assault with a weapon. The alleged victims are all under the age of 14, police said in a media release. Watkins/Despatie, 57, was to appear in court Wednesday. Investigators with the Ottawa police ...


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    Ottawa Catholic school teacher facing 45 more charges of sexual assault

    Even after speaking with 14 more people in this case, the Ottawa Police Service still thinks there could be additional victims who have yet to come forward. A 57-year-old Ottawa man is facing an even longer list of charges related to sexual assault of people under the age of 14 after police say more victims came forward. Rick Watkins, also known as Rick Despatie, had already been hit with nine sexual assault-related charges in April after police investigated incidents involving multiple girls under the age of 14 dating back to the fall of 2020. Ottawa police then asked for any ...


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    Former Ottawa teacher faces 45 more sex-related charges involving minors

    A former Ottawa teacher now faces more than 50 sex-related offences involving minors. https://d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net/70c8fc80 Wednesday, Ottawa police announced 45 more charges against Rick Watkins, also known as Rick Despatie. The new charges include 13 counts of sexual assault, 13 counts of sexual interference, 11 counts of criminal harassment, six counts of voyeurism, one count of assault and one count of assault with a weapon. The charges are in relation to 14 victims who were under the age of 14 at the time of the alleged offences, police say. These incidents took place when Watkins was employed by the Ottawa Catholic ...


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    High school coach charged with 45 new offences involving 13 more victims

    Ottawa police have laid 45 new charges against a veteran teacher and coach at St. Matthew High School in Orléans involving 13 new victims. The new charges against Rick Watkins, who changed his name recently from Rick Despatie, date from 2004 to 2021 and include 13 counts of sexual assault, 13 counts of sexual interference, six counts of voyeurism, one count of assault and one count of assault with a weapon. The alleged victims are all under the age of 14, police said in a media release. Watkins/Despatie, 57, was to appear in court Wednesday. Investigators with the Ottawa police ...


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    Ottawa teacher charged with sexually assaulting student

    Ottawa police have laid four charges against a 56-year-old teacher accused of sexual crimes involving a teenage student. Darren Green has been charged with two counts of sexual assault, one count of sexual interference and one count of sexual exploitation. The alleged offences occurred between 2015 and 2018 and involved a girl under the age of 18, police said in a news release. Police said Green was employed by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board at the time, but didn't say where. Green was charged Thursday and is expected to appear in court the same day, police said.


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    Ottawa teacher charged with sexually assaulting student

    Ottawa police have laid four charges against a 56-year-old teacher accused of sexual crimes involving a teenage student. Darren Green has been charged with two counts of sexual assault, one count of sexual interference and one count of sexual exploitation. The alleged offences occurred between 2015 and 2018 and involved a girl under the age of 18, police said in a news release. Police said Green was employed by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board at the time, but didn't say where. Green was charged Thursday and is expected to appear in court the same day, police said.


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    Ottawa public school teacher facing sexual assault charges

    Ottawa police say a 56-year-old public school teacher is facing sexual assault charges in connection to alleged incidents involving a teenage girl between 2015 and 2018. The Ottawa Carleton District School Board says it contacted police after staff were made aware of allegations against the teacher three years ago. "The investigation revealed that incidents occurred while the man was in the course of his duties as a teacher between 2015 to 2018, while employed by the Ottawa Carleton District School Board, and involved a teenage girl under 18 years of age," said Ottawa police in a statement. Darren Green, 56, ...


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    High school teacher, 56, faces sexual assault charges

    A 56-year-old Ottawa teacher was charged Thursday with a number of sexual assault charges involving a girl under the age of 18. The Ottawa Police Service sexual assault and child abuse unit alleges the incidents occurred while the man “was in the course of his duties as a teacher between 2015 to 2018” in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Police did not identify the school. Darren Green is charged with two counts of sexual assault, one count of sexual interference and one count of sexual exploitation. He was to appear in court Thursday.


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    Ottawa public school teacher facing charges after sexual assault investigation involving student

    A 56-year-old Ottawa public school teacher is facing four sexual assault-related charges following a police investigation into allegations of sexual offences involving a student. Ottawa police say the incidents they investigated, which involved a girl under the age of 18, happened while the man was a teacher with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) between 2015 and 2018. The OCDSB calls the allegations troubling and says it has been cooperating fully with the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) since the start of the investigation. The school board explains that it contacted authorities after it was first made aware of concerning allegations ...


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