2023 touching incident involving Craswell was at West Kent School, education minister says [Video]

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P.E.I.’s education minister has confirmed a 2023 school touching incident involving Matthew Craswell, which was internally investigated and deemed not to be sexual, occurred at West Kent Elementary School in Charlottetown.

Minister of Education and Early Years Robin Croucher revealed that detail in the legislature on Friday.

CBC News had previously established that the 2023 incident happened at a Charlottetown-area school, based on information from sources. The Public Schools Branch would not confirm whether was West Kent, citing privacy concerns.

On Thursday, Croucher was asked in the legislature to specify which Charlottetown school was involved in the situation. He said he would bring back an answer when he was sure he could legally do so.

“The second school that Matthew Craswell taught at was West Kent Elementary,” he told the …