Legacy Christian Academy teacher charged with assault with a weapon

Early Tuesday morning, one Saskatoon mom finally heard some happy news as the 44-year-old woman who allegedly assaulted her then 7-year-old son was arrested. 

“I got a phone call from the officer that was investigating the case, and they concluded the file this morning with Terra MacEwan being charged with assault with a weapon,” said L.G.

“My son was there when I got the call. And so he heard and he was very happy. And it’s hoping, we’re both hoping that she can’t hurt any other children and that she hopefully seeks help,” said L.G.

L.G. believes Terra MacEwan is the sister to Aaron Travis Benneweis, who has been convicted of sexual assault and sexual exploitation of a minor in late January.

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650 CKOM is withholding both the mother’s and the child’s names in order to protect the child’s identity — the mother will be referred to only as L.G.

Saskatoon Provincial Court confirmed the accused will appear in court on those charges on Sept. 25.

The then seven-year-old boy who was diagnosed with autism told his mom about an incident involving his gym teacher at Legacy Christian Academy, now called Valour Academy.

On May 16, L.G. said she was picking up her son at school when he complained that his head hurt. She asked whether he’d bumped his head on the playground.

“He said ‘My gym teacher hit me on the head with the metal baton twice,’ and I was like, ‘Are you sure, are you serious?’ and he was like, ‘Yeah, it was the blue metal baton because we’re learning to do relay races,’” she recalled.

After pulling her son out of school and homeschooling, the now 8-year-old is attending a new school.

“He was scared at first to meet new teachers and everything, but they have been really supportive and really understanding of his situation, and so he’s doing really good considering the circumstances,” said L.G.

“I’m just really relieved to have justice, and I’m just really hoping that the judge will make the right decision, and hopefully there will be consequences for her actions, and I’m hoping that it will have an impact on that school as well.”

—With files from 650 CKOM’s Lara Fominoff