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During a Thursday interview, a Fort Chipewyan man who attended the school accused Turcotte of trying to put his hands into his pants. The man, who asked not to be named, said he was seven at the time.
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“I could hear him do things to the others,” the man said. “He didn’t get what he wanted from me but I watched out for him all the time.”
Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation said the older students used to call Turcotte “Father Jerk-off.” He was not at the school at the same time as Turcotte, but said stories were common among the older children, including siblings, who knew him.