May 12–13 Edmonton Elaine Kuresh, a […]

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1981-05-12 – 1981-05-13

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May 12–13 Edmonton Elaine Kuresh, a thirty-nine-year-old high school teacher and counsellor, committed suicide after being charged with gross indecency and three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The allegations of misconduct involved a sixteen-year-old female student who had lived with Kuresh and her husband. The resulting scandal was played up by reporter Eddie Keen in the Edmonton Sun, starting May 1, 1981, and also by articles in the Edmonton Journal, which may have contributed to Kuresh's death.

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"The Tragic Life of a Lesbian," Toronto Sun, Sunday final ed., 17 May 1981, p. 8."School Scandal Probed," Edmonton Journal, final ed., 1 May 1981, p. D2 "Former School Official Charged on Four Counts," Edmonton Journal, final ed., 14 May 1981, p. B6 Paul De Groot, "Ex-school Counsellor Suspected in Sex Case Found Dead," Edmonton Journal, weekend ed., 16 May 1981, pp. A1, A3 "Counsellor Resigns in Sex Case," Edmonton Journal, a.m. ed., 6 May 1981, p. A3 Chris Bearchell, "Gross Indecency Laws Claim Another Life," Body Politic, no. 75 (1981), p. 15

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