By Patrick Burles - @PatrickBurles

Victim Impact Statement Entered in Sexual Assault Case Against Former Teacher

Mar 4, 2016 | 12:25 PM

LETHBRIDGE: The mother for one of the boys who was sexually assaulted by a former Raymond elementary school teacher, read her victim impact statement Friday morning in court.

While sentencing won’t happen until next month, she was allowed to enter her statement early as she will be out of the country for the hearing.

The woman, who cannot be identified to protect the identity of her child, stated that because of what Jamey Brian Kristian did to her son, he can no longer trust men and feels “tremendously guilty” for something he had no control over. She admitted feeling awful for not asking questions about what was going on sooner, adding, “This will haunt me for the rest of my life.”

Kristian pleaded guilty to charges of sexual assault, sexual interference, child pornography, and voyeurism last September.

Through an agreed statement of facts, it was revealed that Kristian met one of the boys, who was just 9 in 2005, through Big Brothers Big Sisters. He only volunteered with the organization for about six months, but continued the relationship afterwards. It was then in 2007 that he started to engage in various sexual acts with the boy, and kept a journal detailing what he did. The sexual assaults continued until 2012.

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He became a mentor to the second boy, also 9, and also started acting as a babysitter for the child. He sexually assaulted that victim during the summer of 2013.

The other case involved Kristian taking sexually explicit photos of a 10-year old boy while he slept.

During a search of Kristian’s home and electronics, police discovered that Kristian took a number of photos of young boys in change rooms at Nicholas Sheran and Stan Siwik pools, along with a third unidentified location, without the boys knowledge. They also found that Kristian had obtained more child pornography on the internet.

Sentencing will go ahead April 19, at which time it is anticipated a psychological report will have been completed for Kristian.