HALIFAX – Police in Nova Scotia say they can’t lay criminal charges following an investigation into long-standing allegations of physical and sexual abuse at a Halifax orphanage.
The RCMP and Halifax police issued a statement today saying they have concluded their investigation into accusations of abuse at the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children.
They say the information they collected does not support the laying of criminal charges because it could not be corroborated.
In March 2012, the Mounties and Halifax police began encouraging people to come forward with their allegations.
Since then, investigators interviewed 40 complainants in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Alberta.
Former residents of the orphanage have accused some staff at the home of abusing them – accusations that span decades.
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