Friday, August 22, 2008

In a Position of Trust

Canada -- After completing a four-year sentence for sexual assaults, a high-risk offender was released from prison on June 23. Now, Ottawa police say they can't locate the former judo instructor, as he provided authorities with a false address.

The 64-year-old man was convicted in 2004 for the sexual assaults of two boys, 11 and 14, some 25 years apart.

The first abuse, something the man would not admit, was against one of his judo students (then 14) in the mid-1970s.

According to documents, a parole board noted how the offender was "very knowledgeable" about ways to put himself in a position of trust - specifically using volunteer programs and sports clubs to seek out victims.

Since he had served his entire sentence, the man was reportedly free to leave prison without conditions, in spite of the parole board's concerns.

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