Jury finds former principal guilty of assaulting students with weapon

The five former students testified about the physical and emotional toll of being struck with a paddle by Friesen at what was then known as Christian Centre Academy.

A Saskatoon jury found former Saskatoon Christian school principal guilty on three counts of assault. Duff Arthur Friesen, 68, the former principal of a private Christian school was accused of assaulting five former students with a weapon — a wooden paddle.