A Vancouver man at the centre of a residential school abuse case in Saskatchewan has a history of abusing boys elsewhere in Canada.

Paul Leroux, 70, was charged this week by the RCMP with 13 counts of indecent assault, involving boys attending the Beauval Indian Residential School in the 1960s. He was a dormitory supervisor at the school.

According to court documents from the Northwest Territories Department of Justice website, it’s not the first time Leroux has been accused of a similar crime.

He was convicted in 1998 of molesting boys at the Grollier Hall residential school in Inuvik. Those charges, involving 14 male victims, go back to the 1960s and 1970s, when Leroux was working as a school supervisor.

He pleaded guilty to nine counts of gross indecency. He was also found guilty of indecent assault, attempted buggery and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Prior to those convictions, Leroux worked as a regional complaints investigator for the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

The latest abuse charges brought against Leroux were the result of a three-year investigation by Mounties that started in 2008.

The victims in the case were between the ages of three and 18, RCMP said.

Leroux, who lives in Vancouver, has been ordered to appear in court on Oct.19 in Beauval.

Beauval is approximately 310 kilometres northwest of Prince Albert.

Edited by News Talk Radio’s Karin Yeske.