Ontario Teacher Denied Early Release - Updated

(Cornwall, Ontario) Forty-two-year-old Jennifer Dorland went before the Ontario Parole Board and the Early Release Board in an attempt to be set free two months into her six-month sentence.

The parole board said Dorland, who now uses the surname Toews, would pose a risk to society if she were to be released and that she is at risk to re-offend.

The board added Dorland only recently admitted being responsible for her crimes and had maintained her innocence from the time she was charged until after she was initially incarcerated.

"The board found you rationalized your involvement," the decision reads, "and minimized what you did."

The board also said that the counseling Dorland/Toews has been receiving hasn't addressed her proclivity to sexually offend, rather she has been counseled for emotional issues.

As a result, her request for early release was denied.

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Ontario Teacher Gets Jail for Sex with Boy
[Previous 10/28/08 post]
(Cornwall, Ontario) Forty-something teacher Jennifer Dorland (aka Jennifer Toews, aka Jennifer MacDonald) was sentenced to six months in jail earlier today.

Crown Jennifer Burke had asked Justice Julianne Parfett that Dorland serve a 15-month sentence as a general deterrent and denunciation of this type of breach of trust. Dorland's lawyers said she deserved a 12 to 18 month conditional sentence, most of which should be served under house arrest.

Earlier in the trial, the teen testified that Dorland drove him to her Ingleside home one morning in September 2004, where for two hours they kissed and fondled each other. He also testified of further sexual contact with Dorland in her car and during and after a series of tutoring sessions around the same period.

Parfett had previously questioned Dorland’s credibility and pointed to several "troubling aspects" in her evidence, including a series of e-mails she sent the teen.

In one e-mail, dated Sept. 11, 2004, Dorland wrote: "It has to be slow, really slow and deliberate. I love groans. I love hands on my stomach. That's all for this year."

In May, the Ontario College of Teachers withdrew the teaching licence of Jennifer Dorland, after finding her guilty of eight counts of professional misconduct under the Ontario College of Teachers Act.

Finally, it’s over. I’ve been following this case for years.


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Teacher Guilty in Sex Assault
[Previous 12/21/07 post]
(Cornwall, Ontario) In January 2006, a teacher at Rothwell-Osnabruck Public School in Ingleside and a mother of two, Jennifer Dorland, was charged with sexual assault of a 13-year-old male student.

In February 2007, a preliminary hearing was conducted and resulted in the finding that there is evidence of inappropriate touching and contact occurring between Dorland and the boy in September 2004.

This week, Jennifer Dorland (aka Jennifer Toews, aka Jennifer MacDonald) was found guilty on counts of sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching. Justice Julie-Ann Parfett said she found the victim's testimony credible while doubting Dorland's.

Dorland faces a possible 10 years in prison on each count when she is sentenced on February 25, 2008.

Tip: Don Morgenstern