Teacher Charged With Sexual Offences, Police Seeking Other Victims
The Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault and Child Abuse (SACA) Unit charged a man following an investigation into sexual assaults that occurred at Ottawa-based programs and schools since 2019. The incidents involved a male victim under the age of 18.
Rayon Finnikin, 37, has been charged with sexual assault, voyeurism, sexual exploitation, and telecommunication with a person under the age of 18 for a specific criminal offence.
Finnikin has worked in both of the city’s English language school boards. During the 2023-24 school year, he was an occasional teacher at Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Stittsville.
Before becoming a teacher, Finnikin, who grew up neat Montego Bay, Jamaica and grew up in poverty and violdence before coming to Canada as a refugee, worked as a guidance services assistant with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB), where he worked full-time while studying Law and minoring in Psychology at Carleton.
Investigators believe there could be other victims.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit at 613-236-1222, extension 5944. Tips may also be sent electronically to SACA@ottawapolice.ca.
Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS).
