Manitoba’s rules need change, woman says after teacher faced no consequences for inappropriate relationship

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A year after graduating from a Winnipeg high school, Olivia Wilson says she's still shocked that there was no way for the school division to hold her music teacher accountable for his inappropriate relationship with her.

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A year after graduating from a Winnipeg high school, Olivia Wilson says she’s still shocked that there was no way for the school division to hold her music teacher accountable for his inappropriate relationship with her.

She says while adults who investigated the matter agreed that the teacher’s actions were “obviously wrong,” school officials repeatedly told her their hands were tied because there was no physical act.

To read more of this story first reported by CBC News, click here.

An 80-page transcript shows text exchanges between a now 18-year-old, who CBC is calling Olivia Wilson, and her music teacher, while she was still a minor and a student in the Winnipeg School Division. (Jaison Empson/CBC)
An 80-page transcript shows text exchanges between a now 18-year-old, who CBC is calling Olivia Wilson, and her music teacher, while she was still a minor and a student in the Winnipeg School Division. (Jaison Empson/CBC)

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