Andy Blatchford, THE CANADIAN PRESS

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MONTREAL - A Montreal teacher charged in the U.S. for allegedly soliciting sex from a 13-year-old boy is facing more than 200 new counts related to child pornography.

Richard Doucet, an elementary teacher at the elite Selwyn House private school, was arrested in May at a motel in Fredericksburg, Va.

The new accusations stem from images found on a compact disc that was seized by police from a motel room.

Det. John Chapman of Dumfries, Va., police said the 36-year-old has been indicted on 230 counts of possessing and reproducing child pornography.

Chapman said each felony carries a five-year mandatory prison sentence, which means Doucet could be sentenced to more than 1,000 years in jail if convicted on all counts.

"Down here in Virginia they take that very seriously," Chapman told The Canadian Press on Friday.

"Virginians are conservative people and they want to protect their kids. It's all about putting these guys away."

Chapman, who posed online as a 13-year-old boy, nabbed the mathematics and English teacher at a motel southwest of Washington D.C.

The detective alleges he had several sexually explicit Internet conversations with Doucet between December and May.

Doucet, who is married but has no children, had already been charged with several counts of attempting to take indecent liberties with a child and using electronic devices to solicit a child.

Police said Doucet allegedly arranged the meeting on his return from an education conference in Atlanta.

Chapman said he doesn't expect Virginia police to add more accusations against Doucet, who is incarcerated at Rappahannock Regional Jail.

In the coming weeks, Doucet is expected back in court where he will enter a plea, the veteran police officer said.

"If he pleads not guilty the prosecutor's office will ask for a jury trial, and wherever the chips fall is what he gets," Chapman said.

Selwyn House headmaster William Mitchell has said a routine background check on Doucet when he was hired in 1999 did not reveal a criminal record.

Mitchell has described Doucet as a "well-liked" teacher and a "valued colleague."