A teacher with the York Region District School Board is facing child pornography charges.

According to the York Region Police, officers with the Special Victims Unit – Internet Child Exploitation Team launched an investigation after being alerted to images containing child pornography that had been uploaded to a social media platform.

“The upload was traced back to the York Region District School Board,” according to a media release.

On Wednesday (Nov. 18), a suspect was arrested at King City Secondary School.

Robert Aurich, 46, of King Township has been charged with possession of child pornography, distribute child pornography and accessing child pornography.

He was held in custody pending a bail hearing today (Nov. 19).

“The investigation is ongoing,” the media release reads.