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B.C. Teacher, Caught in Creep Catchers-Style Sting, Banned From Teaching for 7 Years
The discipline ruling follows messages and a planned meeting with a decoy posing as a 14-year-old, according to the B.C. teacher regulator.
- The B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation barred Carlo Deni Pavan from teaching for seven years, following a consent resolution agreement released Tuesday, Sept. 29.
- Pavan, a Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools teacher, contacted someone on Grindr on March 14, 2023, who was a man imitating a 14-year-old.
- On March 18, 2023, the person approached Pavan while he sat in his car; once confronted, Pavan drove away while the person filmed him, according to the agreement.
- Footage of the encounter was posted to Facebook, identifying Pavan, and Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools fired him on June 13, 2023, following an investigation initiated March 20, 2023.
- Pavan's teaching credentials were suspended for three years on April 11, 2023, while Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools cited privacy legislation in declining further comment.
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Former Nanaimo teacher banned after online sting bust
Carlo Deni Pavan covers his face after being confronted by an online vigilante hunter. Pavan was banned from teaching for seven years after being caught on video attempting to meet the decoy who claimed he was 14-years-old. (Image Credit: South Island Predator Publishing)
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