A former Saskatoon music teacher convicted of sexually assaulting a male youth student in the 1980s was sentenced Tuesday in Saskatoon’s Court of King’s Bench, 650 CKOM reported. Raymond Eldon McHargue, 88, received a conditional sentence of two years less a day, followed by three years of probation.
According to court documents cited by 650 CKOM, McHargue sexually assaulted the victim between September 1984 and May 1988. The victim cannot be named due to a publication ban protecting the identities of sexual assault complainants.
Police told 650 CKOM that McHargue moved to Saskatoon in 1977 and began teaching piano and organ lessons that year at a city music store and privately from his home on Churchill Drive. He continued teaching piano and organ lessons until 2020.
For the first six months of his sentence, McHargue must remain at an approved residence 24 hours a day unless given permission to leave. For the remainder, he must stay home from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Conditions also prohibit him from contacting anyone under 16 unless an approved adult is present, attending parks, school grounds, playgrounds, daycares and community centres where children are present, and working or volunteering with anyone under 16. He was ordered to register with Canada’s sex offender registry for life.
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