National Circus School suspends teacher accused of sex crimes against minor

MONTREAL — The Montreal-based National Circus School announced Friday it has suspended one of its teachers who has been arrested and charged with sexual crimes that allegedly involved a minor.

Marcelo Berti Marques was charged Thursday with luring a child, invitation to sexual touching, possession of child pornography and making sexually explicit material available to a child.

Marques allegedly committed the crimes against a former circus school student.

The school said in a statement published on its website Friday it learned of his arrest through the media.