A Nova Scotia law firm says it has served a notice of an intended class action against the Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education (CCRCE) on behalf of students at a Pictou County school for alleged abuse by a teacher who was charged this week with sexual assault.

Matthew Donahoe, 53, of Bible Hill, N.S. is charged with 10 offences, including assault by choking, sexual assault, and administering a noxious thing. He is also listed as an intended defendant in the class action.

RCMP said they received a report on Sept. 10 of an alleged assault at Dr. W.A. MacLeod Consolidated School, a pre-primary to Grade 8 school, in Riverton, N.S.

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