(Photo Credit: McLennan RCMP)

By Nathaniel Leigh

RCMP

McLennan RCMP lay charges against Peace River resident for sexual offences against a youth

Feb 8, 2024 | 4:30 PM

McLennan RCMP have laid charges against a Peace River resident accused of sexual offences against a youth.

The offences, reported by RCMP to have occurred while the youth was attending a school in the High Prairie School Division, were investigated by a joint effort between the McLennan detachment, Alberta’s Integrated Child Exploitation Unit, the Central and Western Alberta General Investigation Sections and WAD Crime Reduction Unit.

Thirty-one–year-old Brock Mackenzie Whalen faces six charges:

• Sexual assault
• Sexual interference
• Luring a child x2
• Making sexually explicit material available to a child
• Child exploitation

Whalen has been employed by several school district in Alberta and Saskatchewan, including High Prairie School Division and Holy Family Catholic Regional Division.

Meaningful Mementos

Remembering Someone You've Lost at Christmas

Dec 03, 2024

Seasonal Sorrow

How Do You Get Through The Holidays When You're Grieving?

Nov 01, 2024

Upcoming Events at Oliver's

Grief & Loss and Estate Planning Seminars

Oct 02, 2024

Holy Family says in a release that Whalen has been placed on what it calls “offsite unassigned duties.”

He was brought before a justice of the peace and released on conditions and will re-appear in court March 18.

McLennan RCMP and WAD GIS are still investigating.