A Grade 8 teacher employed at a Catholic school in Port Hope, Ont., is facing 18 charges for sex-related offences she allegedly committed against students, police say.

The Port Hope Police Service said this week the 40-year-old teacher at St. Anthony Catholic Elementary School was first arrested in late August after an investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving a youth victim who was a current student at the school.

She was initially charged with sexual assault and sexual interference…