Former Saskatoon Christian school director found guilty of assaulting students with a weapon

The former director of a Saskatoon private Christian school has been found guilty on nine counts of assault with a weapon.

John Olubobokun was accused of using a wooden paddle to hit students when he was the director at Christian Centre Academy for four years starting in 2003. The school was later renamed Legacy Christian Academy, then Valour Academy.

Judge Lisa Watson outlined her reasoning in a lengthy decision Monday afternoon in provincial court. Watson said the Crown proved without a reasonable doubt that Olubobokun assaulted the complainants.

She gave detailed accounts of each victim's evidence. Former students said they were often accused of misbehaviour, called into the director's office, told to bend over a desk or chair, and struck multiple times with a wooden paddle. Some stu