Abbotsford school teacher charged with sexual assault
Posted May 25, 2018 10:44 am.
Last Updated May 25, 2018 12:10 pm.
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ABBOTSFORD (NEWS 1130) – A teacher in Abbotsford has been charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual exploitation.
Police say 50-year-old Henry Kang lives in the city and is a teacher at Robert Bateman and W.J. Mouat Secondary Schools.
“These were students of the teacher,” confirms Constable Jody Thomas with Abbotsford Police.
Thomas says details about the case is limited, as the victims were minors. “Because of the ages of the youth, we are not able to release any more information.”
The APD is asking anyone with information about this case or any other possible victims to come forward.
When the Abbotsford School District first got word of a complaint against Kang, Superintendent Kevin Godden says the case was immediately turned over to the police “and the employee was placed on leave pending the completion of an investigation.”
“The district has procedures in place for swift and appropriate action when serious allegations of this nature are brought to our attention, and these procedures were properly enacted in this case. We are deeply concerned about these allegations, and will continue to cooperate with the Abbotsford Police Department and Crown as this matter is investigated,” adds Godden in a written statement.
He adds student safety is the district’s top priority.
Kang has been released from custody and is scheduled to be in court next month.
