A former Winnipeg school support worker faces a potential sentence of nearly three decades in prison after pleading guilty to sexually exploiting teen students and possessing child sexual abuse materials over a five‑year period.
Matthew Mousseau, 38, entered guilty pleas on Wednesday to a series of offences committed between 2019 and 2024, including luring, voyeurism, accessing child sexual abuse materials, providing liquor to minors and exposing himself to a 13‑year‑old girl, according to a report from CBC News.
In court, defence lawyer Jason Poettcker asked Mousseau, “Are you pleading guilty today because you are, in fact, guilty?” CBC reports that Mousseau replied, “Yes,” while one of the young women he admitted to exploiting watched from the gallery behind him.
The Crown has indicated it will seek a sentence of up to 28 years, while the defence is expected to argue for a shorter term, CBC said. Mousseau is to be sentenced later this year once post‑conviction assessments are complete.
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Court heard that at the time of the offences, Mousseau worked as a support worker and Indigenous way of life school worker in the Seven Oaks School Division and the Winnipeg School Division. CBC reports that his conduct involved two 17‑year‑old girls he met through his work, as well as other minors...
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