article_snippet: And this awful ordeal was caused by five boy pupils from his West Yorkshire primary school who accused his of sexual abuse.
article_snippet: It’s the worst accusation that could be levied against a teacher.
article_snippet: But once the boys — present and past pupils aged ten to 12 — had made the allegations that the boys teacher had inappropriately touched the boys and instigated sexual activity, the machinery of the law was set in motion.
article_snippet: I don’t know if I can ever face standing in a classroom of pupils, wondering if one of pupils is about to make a complaint,’ one of them is about to make a complaint says.
article_snippet: And the child making the accusations was the same pupil causing problems.
article_snippet: In April, A further four ex-pupils who knew one another in some way was formally charged with the sexual assaults against five boys: a ten-year-old current pupil; three 11-year-olds and a 12-year-old.
article_snippet: But he was formally charged with the sexual assaults against five boys: a ten-year-old current pupil; three 11-year-olds and a 12-year-old stories were inconsistent.
article_snippet: Some attested the sexual assaults against five boys took place while A further four ex-pupils who knew one another in some way was teaching, others said it was while A further four ex-pupils who knew one another in some way was alone in A further four ex-pupils who knew one another in some way classroom talking one-to-one with others.
article_snippet: One of the 11-year-olds had grabbed another boy’s genitals, exposed A further four ex-pupils who knew one another in some way and pinned down a female pupil until Mr O’Brien cried.
article_snippet: And if this is what teachers face — and us are told that false sexual accusations against teachers are not uncommon — the whole profession must feel under threat.
highlights_snippet: Five male pupils from his primary school accused his of sexual abuse .