Teacher facing child porn charges released on $2,000 bail

Bail granted to teacher facing child porn charges Now-suspended Saskatoon high school teacher Rhett Lundgren, accused of child pornography offences, was granted bail Friday.

A Saskatoon high school teacher accused of child pornography offences has been granted bail.

Rhett Lundgren was granted release on a $2,000 bond Friday at Saskatoon Provincial Court.

Details of the bail hearing cannot be reported due to a routine publication ban.

Lundgren must abide by several conditions, including no contact with anyone under 16, except in the presence of an adult who is aware of the charges.

He can’t visit his daughter without a third-party adult present. He will be prohibited from using the Internet and computers or other devices capable of storing data, and he will be subject to a curfew.

He also can’t consume any alcohol or drugs.

The 39-year-old was arrested Jan. 19 on charges of possession of child pornography, sexual exploitation, luring and breach of undertaking charges.

The possession charge was laid after police say child pornography was found on devices seized from him during an earlier arrest in December. The sexual exploitation and luring charges relate to a 2009 incident in Red Deer, Alta., involving a student at the school where Lundgren was a teacher at the time.

Lundgren is expected to face the Red Deer charges in Alberta in the coming weeks. He is not allowed to contact the complainant in the case, as part of his conditions.

Lundgren, who was a full-time work education teacher at Walter Murray Collegiate in Saskatoon, was charged in early December with two counts of arranging to commit a sexual offence against a child between eight and 10 years old and one count of attempting to access child pornography. He’s since been suspended without pay by Saskatoon Public Schools.

The alleged offences that led to his December arrest occurred on or around Nov. 29, according to court documents. He used a computer to communicate and arrange a meeting with a child, the documents state.

His next Saskatoon court appearance is set for March 13.