Former supervisor of Saskatchewan residential school convicted of molesting boys

BATTLEFORD, Sask. – A former supervisor at a Saskatchewan residential school has been found guilty of molesting several students in the 1960s.

Paul Leroux, who is now in his 70s, worked at the Beauval Indian Residential School.

A judge in Battleford court convicted Leroux on 10 of 17 charges involving boys at the school — eight counts of indecent assault and two counts of gross indecency

Leroux, who appeared to be stunned by the conviction, has been taken into custody until sentencing Dec. 5.

Leroux was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 1998 for abusing 14 boys and young men at Grollier Hall, a residential school in Inuvik run by the Roman Catholic Church.

Those convictions were for gross indecency, indecent assault and attempted buggery between 1967 and 1979.

Leroux worked as an activities supervisor and guidance counsellor at Grollier.

(CJNB, The Canadian Press)