Former Calgary teacher charged with historical sexual assault of two grade 7 students

Calgary constabulary accidental a erstwhile teacher astatine John Ware School successful the city’s southwest has been charged with the humanities intersexual battle of 2 students.

80-year-old Fred Henry Archer, had antecedently served a three-year condemnation for abusing students portion helium was a guidance counsellor astatine respective Calgary country schools, including John Ware.

He is besides named successful a people enactment lawsuit, launched by 3 erstwhile students who attended John Ware, against Archer, erstwhile teacher Michael Gregory and the Calgary Board of Education.

Police accidental their investigators became alert of the caller allegations against Archer, past year, erstwhile 2 erstwhile students astatine the schoolhouse came guardant separately to study allegations against him.

The archetypal idiosyncratic was 12-years-old, successful people 7, and had 2 classes with Archer successful 1991, erstwhile the offences are alleged to person taken place.

Archer is accused of inappropriately touching the pupil during after-hours tutoring sessions and scheduled breaks that took spot disconnected schoolhouse spot successful Archer’s vehicle.

The 2nd alleged unfortunate was besides 12-years-old, successful people 7, and attended the schoolhouse from 1993 to 1995.

While helium did not person classes with Archer, helium claims they were introduced and began spending clip unneurotic disconnected schoolhouse property, including astatine Archer’s residence and successful his vehicle, wherever respective intersexual assaults are alleged to person taken place.

Archer, who present lives successful High River has been charged with:

• two counts of intersexual battle of a kid nether the property of 16;
• two counts of intersexual interference with a kid nether the property of 16;, and
• one number of invitational to intersexual touching with a kid nether the property of 16.

Archer volition look successful tribunal adjacent connected Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Calgary constabulary are besides asking anyone with accusation astir the cases, oregon akin incidents, to telephone constabulary astatine 403-266-1234.

Tips tin besides beryllium submitted anonymously done Crime Stoppers astatine 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online astatine http://www.calgarycrimestoppers.org oregon by downloading the Crime Stoppers app, P3 TIPS, from your app store.

In Canada, determination is nary clip bounds connected reporting a intersexual battle truthful constabulary are encouraging anyone who believes they were a unfortunate of intersexual battle to study it, adjacent if galore years person passed since the incident.