Abby Spadafora has had trouble sleeping since a gymnastics coach in Lethbridge, Alta., was charged with sexually assaulting a seven\u002Dyear\u002Dold girl last week.
Spadafora and other Canadian gymnasts say they’re devastated about the case that is only too familiar. And they wonder if it could have been prevented.
“It kept me up at night when the story broke, because all I could think is if we had been listened to, this could have been prevented,” Spadafora said. Last month, MPs grilled Hockey Canada executives during a Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage meeting about the organization’s response to the alleged assault and subsequent out-of-court-settlement.
Hockey Canada announced last week it was reopening a third-party investigation into the alleged incident and would commit to becoming a full signatory to the new Office of the Integrity Commissioner, which Minister of Sport Pascale St-Onge said was a requirement for the national federation to have its federal funding restored.
“And the government response has been to go where the light is strongest, like hockey,” said Peel, a former race walker for Canada, who is helping Gymnastics for Change navigate the Canadian sport landscape. “And gymnastics, it’s not a major sport in Canada, I guess? Or maybe they don’t pay a lot of attention because it’s voiceless children being abused?”Article content
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