Lawsuit against school board, former teachers accused of sexual abuse can proceed, judge says [Video]

A judge from the Alberta Court of King’s Bench says a class-action lawsuit against the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) and two former teachers, accused of sexually abusing students, can proceed.

The three students, identified only by initials in the lawsuit attended John Ware School, located in the southwest Calgary community of Pump Hill, between 1988 and 2004.

The lawsuit names the estate of former teacher Michael Gregory — another teacher, Fred Henry Archer — and their employer, the Calgary Board of Education as defendants.

Gregory was a former physical and outdoor education teacher at the school, but he died by suicide in February 2021 on Vancouver Island, just days after being criminally charged.

At the time he was facing 17 sex-related charges for the alleged abuse of six students.

Archer was also a teacher and guidance counsellor at several Calgary area schools, including John Ware School, in the 1990s.

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