Trigger warning : this story deals with child sexual abuse
A full court room in Stony Plain heard the verdict today handed out to a former science teacher who was sentenced for sexually abusing a teenage student.
Catherine Valiquette, 31, was sentenced to four years in prison today for sexually interfering with a student of hers.
Hugged by family and friends, the mother of four could be seen crying as the sentence was handed down before she was taken into custody by officers.
Valiquette entered a guilty plea bgck in February, 2024 to one count of sexual interference.
She admitted to engaging in sexual acts on multiple occasions with a then- 15-year-old student who cannot be named with their identity under a publication ban.
Valiquette apologized to the victim in a statement adding the impacts the sentence will have on her own children, including her newborn son saying “What I did goes against everything I stand for.”
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