He faces a maximum sentence of fourteen years in prison for this charge, the minimum sentence being one year. The indictment covers a period from January 2020 to February 2023. The alleged victims were between 12 and 17 years old at the time of the alleged facts.
Félix Antoine Bédard was a coach at the Quebec Regional Soccer Association (ARSQ). The federation was briefed on the situation on Friday and said it would immediately suspend Félix Antoine Bédard pending the trial. Our thoughts are with the potential victims and their families, said the association’s general manager, Philippe Bernard.
SPVQ examination
The investigation by the Service de Police de la Ville de Québec (SPVQ) began Tuesday after a victim filed a complaint. Police were able to quickly connect 18 potential victims who were hit.
According to our information, the suspect would be 27 years old and would have used social networks to lure his victims. He is said to have had sexual intercourse with them.
The suspect had professional ties to at least one educational institution in the Quebec region, as well as various football sports federations, we read in the SPVQ press release released Friday morning.
The Saint-Louis Academy also sent a letter to parents of students visiting the facility on Thursday, to alert them that a particular situation required the presence of several police officers in the side pavilion.
In fact, a police operation took place and students were questioned after information about the bait was passed, we can read.
He appears at the Quebec Courthouse.
More details to come.
With the collaboration of Yannick Bergeron