A teacher’s secret past
Ryan Cooke, CBC News - September 2, 2024
Paul Sheppard’s stories always felt far-fetched to Steacy Easton.
Students would watch Sheppard’s icy, blue eyes light up as he talked about teaching around the world. Flying air force jets. Arresting criminals.
The students sometimes did the mental math, wondering how their teacher, just shy of his 30th birthday, could have lived so many past lives before ending up at their boarding school.
“Nothing seemed plausible and everything seemed plausible, and he did a good job of trying to convince you,” said Easton. “I still don’t know what is true.”
CTV News (Montreal) - September 13, 2026 Montreal, QC - Former Montreal priest Brian Boucher’s statutory release has been revoked following allegations he viewed child sexual abuse material on public transit. The Parole Board imposed stricter conditions for any future release. Boucher remains detained on new charges and is due back in court in November.
The Canadian Press - September 8, 2026 Montreal, QC - Former Montreal priest Brian Boucher, 64, will remain in custody until his next court appearance on Nov. 23, 2026, after waiving his right to a bail hearing on new charges involving child sexual abuse material. Boucher was previously sentenced to eight years in prison in 2019 for sexually assaulting two boys and was released into the community in 2024. He was stripped of his priesthood in 2020.