A professor at a private college in Outremont has just pleaded guilty to attacking two underage students to whom he sent pornography while praising his supposed sexual performances.
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“He sent photos and videos of a pornographic nature […] by pretending to be the man having sex,” explained Me Anna Levin of the prosecution, this Friday, at the Montreal courthouse.
Standing straight in front of the judge, Alexandre Gagné did not say a word while the prosecutor summarized the crimes he had committed as early as November 2019, for a little over seven months.
Alexandre Gagne
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At the time, the 49-year-old accused was teaching at Collège Stanislas, a private French high school in the Outremont district. When the pandemic started, he started chatting with students via social networks.
However, at one point, he started talking about sex with a 16-year-old student. Then he got involved in a chat group with a sexual-sounding name. He then asked if the teen consumed pornography.
“The frequency of conversations increased in April 2020,” it is indicated in the summary of the facts.
And when the teenager recalled that she was a minor, Gagné asked her when she would become an adult.
As for a second victim, Gagné made him believe that he was making pornographic videos on the Porhub site.
“He talked to her about sexuality and he wanted to know details about her sex life by asking her questions about her relationship with her boyfriend,” explained the Crown.
Gagné’s behavior stopped when complaints were filed against him. And following a police investigation, he was arrested on a host of charges, including one of sexual assault.
Except that this Friday, he finally pleaded guilty to a reduced charge, namely having transmitted sexually explicit material to minors, “with a view to facilitating the commission of an offense against them [de nature sexuelle].”
It should be noted that this charge was brought “summarily”, which is considered less serious than criminal charges.
Gagné will return to court in March for further proceedings. Until then, he will have to undergo a psychological evaluation.