CANADA: Transgender Pedophile Back In Prison After Being Found In Possession Of Images of Infants While On Parole

A Canadian trans-identified male sex offender who was twice convicted on charges related to child sex abuse material, one of which involved accessing pornography of infants in diapers, is once again in custody after violating conditions of his parole. Laverne Travis Waskahat has repeatedly been released by the Parole Board of Canada, which has considered his “Indigenous status” as a mitigating factor in his repeat offending.

Waskahat, who claims to be transgender and also uses the name ‘Lauren,’ has an extensive history of possessing, making and publishing child pornography involving male and female infants under three years old. Waskahat had also previously committed sexual offenses against children in his care and was known to take voyeuristic photos of infants in public, primarily in bathrooms at malls and grocery stores around Edmonton, Alberta.

Waskahat has been ordered by the court to register as a sex offender for life. But within the past decade, he has been released and re-arrested a staggering seven times after being found in violation of the terms of his Long Term Supervision Order (LTSO), according to new information from a recent Parole Board decision.

Waskahat was first convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography in 2011, for which he received a five-year prison sentence. Authorities discovered images of Waskahat performing sexual acts on an infant. Over the next fifteen years, he would become known to Edmonton Police for sexually abusing children while in a position of care, including babysitting, and taking voyeuristic photographs of infants in public.

Canada’s federal correctional system permits statutory release after an offender has served the legislated portion of a federal sentence, subject to supervision and conditions. In December 2013, Corrections Services Canada (CSC) released him into the community under supervision. Within less than a week, he was arrested again after he was found to have been stockpiling baby diapers.

While it is unclear when the Parole Board approved his release, his parole was suspended the following year, in August 2014, after he incurred new criminal charges relating to the production and possession of child pornography.

Waskahat was set free again in August 2019. At the time Edmonton police warned the public about Waskahat. They said he was a threat to commit “significant harm to the community and will commit another sexual offence against a child under the age of 16.” On October 17 of that year, he was spotted by Edmonton police officers using a cellphone in violation of his release conditions. He was arrested, and his devices were seized. Forensic investigations uncovered child pornography images, and Canadian media reported that an “Alberta woman” had plead guilty to three charges related to child pornography, just weeks after Edmonton police warned he would likely re-offend.

In addition to child pornography, investigators noted that there were also a number of photos of diapers and diaper fetish search terms in the laptop’s search history. Other search terms included things like “abuse baby,” “abuse newborn” and “newborn hit.”

In April 2021, Waskahat was arrested after he was discovered to be accessing child pornography online. An investigation revealed 631 images of a variety of sexual assaults on young children, and “written narratives depicting child sexual abuse were also found,” according to court records. Waskahat was additionally accessing messaging apps targeted at children.

On December 11, 2023, Waskahat was released to the community despite Edmonton Police Service being aware of his risk to the public. Just prior to freeing the sexual predator, they issued public statements advising the community to beware of Waskahat. They stated that there were “reasonable grounds to believe [he] is of significant harm to the community” and is at risk of committing a sexual offense against a child under the age of 16.

Just two days later, on December 13, Waskahat was found in possession of child pornography. In a media statement, Edmonton Police revealed they had received a tip that traced Waskahat to a hotel room in the city’s West Side. At the time of his arrest, police found a baby crib, diapers, dozens of alleged pornographic drawings and a laptop in Waskahat’s room.

The following year, in January 2024, CSC released Waskahat into the community while placed on electronic monitoring. By the following week, Waskahat’s parole supervisor was informed that he had been gathering “baby items” at the community-based residential facility where he was placed. A search of his room uncovered “explicit written material depicting child sexual abuse”, and he was again arrested, returned to custody, and charged with breach of LTSO on February 24.

While remanded and awaiting charges, Waskahat’s parole officer was informed by the remand center that the pedophile had been hoarding sexually explicit material in his cell. On May 29, Waskahat was sentenced to an additional year, which amounted to 252 days after credit for time served.

In the Parole Board’s decision, it was noted that “there was a publication ban imposed by the court in relation to one of the current convictions,” indicating that the full extent of Waskahat’s crimes has been hidden from the public.

According to the most recent Psychological Report on file, dated September 27, 2023, Waskahat has demonstrated “deviant sexual interests including diaperism, infantilism, sexual sadism, and pedophilia,” and his likelihood of re-offending was placed in the “well-above” risk category. The assessment concluded that the risk Waskahat poses to the community “would not be manageable in the foreseeable future.”

The psychological assessment noted that Waskahat had consistently produced “creative writing depicting violent, sexual acts towards children,” and that he had “demonstrated predatory intent and a lack of self-control,” which raised “significant concerns regarding the potential for serious harm against a child.”

In November 2024, Waskahat was again released to a community-based residential facility. Within days, he was “quickly found” with photos of babies, cribs, and pregnant women, and was arrested. He was placed in custody after the Parole Board subsequently revoked his release.

Then, after being released at his warrant expiry date on February 5, 2025, he was arrested again on February 19, 2025, just fourteen days later for breaching his long-term supervision order. In a decision made during a September 3, 2026 hearing, the Parole Board says Waskahat was found with a smartphone which “contained a search history relating to infant related sexual assault”.

The Parole Board has again ordered Waskahat to detention for the next two years. According to the decision, Waskahat “admitted to watching and manufacturing child pornography continuously” and that his sexual preference involves “the sexualization of infants and diapers”.

The document reveals that at the time of Waskahat’s 2021 conviction, the Judge considered as a mitigating factor his “Indigenous status” and the impact serving a prison sentence would have on him.

“You are Indigenous and identify as female,” reads the September 3 Parole Board decision. “You are a treaty member of your First Nation community where you were raised by foster parents after spending your first four months in hospital due to being underdeveloped at birth and abuse. Your biological parents were involved in substance abuse, and you have been diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) due to same which has impacted your cognitive functioning and general functioning in the community.”

The Parole Board went on to detail his prolonged use of alcohol and marijuana, which led to a psychotic episode requiring hospitalization at around the age of 30. It further reveals that Waskahat has “had relationships with both men and women” and reports having five children with whom he no longer has contact.

“The Board has considered the file information, your submissions at the hearing as well as your social history as an offender of Indigenous heritage. The Board acknowledges the overrepresentation of Indigenous people within the criminal justice system and that this disproportionate representation is connected to marginalization and systemic racism,” reads the decision.

According to the decision summary, Waskahat claimed to have sexually abused children due to feeling oppressed about his “gender identity”, and that having access to child pornography prevents him from committing homicide.

“At your hearing, you spoke to your upbringing and how you did not feel loved which you connect to writing your written child sexual abuse stories where you are both the child and the adult abusing the child. You connect this to your upbringing but were not clear as to this connection. You also spoke to it being difficult to be transgender in the world and how people laugh at you. You report that this leads to feelings of violence on your part which you grapple with and use child sexual abuse related materials to make you feel better so that you don’t have to kill anyone.”

The Parole Board decision describes how Waskahat has, again, been repeatedly found with written child sexual abuse materials, assaulted a CSC officer, and been found in possession of magazine cut outs of infants and child-related items.

In May 2026, Waskahat completed the Indigenous Sex Offender High Intensity Program, but correctional officials characterized his participation as “largely superficial”. Program facilitators said his “responsivity needs” may have limited his ability to benefit from the treatment. Throughout the program, officials said Waskahat expressed views that justified his offending, denied that his actions caused harm, and placed responsibility on others. Facilitators concluded that he continued to hold beliefs that supported and normalized his offending, demonstrated limited empathy for victims, and externalized blame. The Parole Board said the programming appeared to have had limited impact on his risk.

The Parole Board said Waskahat had repeatedly characterized the material he produced as “victimless” and harmless, despite participating in correctional programming and other interventions. According to the Board, he continued to externalize blame and demonstrated little empathy for victims. The Board said his repeated return to offenses involving child sexual abuse indicated that he had made little progress in understanding the harm caused by his actions. It also noted that Waskahat appeared to believe his written depictions of child sexual abuse did not harm others. During his hearing, he said he intended to continue writing such material daily, despite knowing it was illegal.

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