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Former Alberta boys school headmaster who molested student granted full parole, lands consulting job

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Paul Sheppard , 61 , was convicted in 2021 of sexually abusing Steacy Easton at Saint John’s School of Alberta .

The former headmaster of a controversial Alberta boys school molested a student three decades ago .

Sheppard appealed his conviction and his six-year prison sentence.

Parole Board of Canada granted Sheppard full parole six months after he was released from prison to a halfway house.

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