P.E.I. schools to track complaints after substitute who sexually touched student kept teaching [Video]

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P.E.I.’s Public Schools Branch has implemented a central reporting system to track all complaints regarding staff after it was revealed in court that substitute teacher Matthew Alan Craswell was able to continue working after sexually touching a student at a primary school.

“Formerly, not all incidents were centrally tracked by the Public Schools Branch. We are now tracking any reports of misconduct to monitor for trends or problems,” the agency said in a statement to CBC News late Thursday afternoon. 

“This tracking mechanism will also be retroactive.”

The news comes after guilty pleas were entered by Matthew Alan Craswell, 40, who was first charged last summer with possession and distribution of child pornography after the U.S.-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children flagged his internet activity.

New information came to light during the RCMP investigation, details of which were shared in court Tuesday as Craswell pleaded guilty to …