Opinion: Complainants say abuse within Hockey Canada has been going on for several years. Now, the organization is apologizing for a sexual assault allegedly perpetrated by some of the boys under its care. Without action, it means nothing.
Hockey Canada is apologizing for a sexual assault allegedly perpetrated by some of the boys under its care and tutelage. The organization promises to do better. Big deal, I thought.Complainants say abuse within Hockey Canada has been going on for several years, including that alleged assault of a woman by members of the 2018 Canadian world junior team at an event in London, Ont.
from abuse than any organization in the U.S. It has established “Safe Environment” training sessions in the 194 dioceses in the U.S., mandatory background checks, hired victim assistance co-ordinators, spent millions on therapy for survivors and begun holding “healing masses” for reconciliation. The conference promised it would send reports of suspected abuse to the police rather than the Vatican, thus ending decades of secrecy.
More than 84,000 former Scouts have come forward since February 2020, claiming they were abused while in Scouting.The BSA has essentially said that an apology is not enough and has committed to taking steps to prevent further abuse.
Some of the leaders in those perversion files were removed from their duties. Many were not. Many simply moved out of the district or council, joined another troop and started abusing kids there. Sound familiar? The Catholic Church moved its priests around parish to parish, diocese to diocese.
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