Social worker charged with multiple counts of sexual assault in Durham

A Durham Regional Police vehicle is shown in this undated photo. (DRPS)

By Hayley McGoldrick

Posted August 16, 2023 10:52 am.

A 41-year-old male social worker is facing sexual assault and sexual exploitation charges in Durham Region.

Durham police’s special victim’s unit arrested the male after a youth reported that their social worker had been inappropriately touching them.

Between June and July of this year, the suspect would allegedly pick up the victim in his personal car for their sessions, and on various occasions, the suspect touched the victim inappropriately.

The suspect is a social worker for the Durham District School Board and Durham Alternative Secondary School.

Shahzad Khan, 41, of Kleinburg, was charged with three counts of sexual assault and three counts of sexual exploitation.

He was released on an undertaking. 

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