A now-former president of an LGBTQ organization in Canada was just arrested for committing sex crimes with children, who were all under the age of 16.
But more than just the sex crimes, he was also involved in distributing child pornography.
Here’s the news:
The former president of a northern British Columbia pride organization has been arrested and charged with committing sex crimes against children under 16, according to the B.C. Prosecution Service.
The charges against Sean Gravells, 39, include touching a person under 16 for sexual purposes, sexual interference of a person under 16, possession of child pornography, and importing or distributing child pornography, BCPS spokesperson Dan McLaughlin told CBC News in an emailed statement on Monday.
The alleged offences all took place in or near Fort St. John, B.C., about 800 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, McLaughlin said. The interference and exploitation charges are for alleged offences on Dec. 29, 2023, while the child pornography charges occurred on Dec. 31, he added.
Gravells served as board president for the North Peace Pride Society (NPPS) since 2018, according to a now-deleted biography on the organization’s website, but the NPPS says it recently removed him from the role.
In a statement on social media on Friday, NPPS said the board took “swift action” to remove a member who was arrested on Dec. 31 and is now facing “severe charges,” but did not name the member.
“In response to the gravity of the charges, we have immediately removed this person from our board, emphasizing our commitment to our community’s values,” the post on NPPS’s Facebook page read.
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