A City's Shame

• 16×9 wins prestigious Beyond Borders award

  16x9 has once again been honoured for their hard work and dedication, winning the 2014 Beyond Borders ECPAT Media Award for English Electronic.

  Oct 16, 2014
  
• UPDATE: Sexual assault investigation shut down

  This week on 16×9, we update an exclusive report we originally aired in September 2013 uncovering sexual assaults allegedly committed by former Saint John, NB police officer Kenneth Estabrooks.

  Jul 4, 2014
  
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• UPDATE: Saint John police officer sexually abused over 260 children, investigators suspect

  A New Brunswick police officer is suspected of sexually abusing at least 260 children over the course of nearly three decades dating back to the late 1950s.

  Canada

  Jul 3, 2014
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• UPDATE: Legal action in decades-old sex abuse scandal

  Survivors of one of the worst child sexual abusers in Canadian history filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Saint John, New Brunswick.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2013
• Saint John man aims to guard new generation of children from abuse

  A man who lived through a dark era of Saint John history, has made it his life's work to ensure another generation of children doesn't fall victim to predators.

  Canada

  Oct 1, 2013
• Lawyer calls for public inquiry into suspected Saint John child molester

  A lawyer involved in a class action suit against a suspected serial child molester said the situation "cries out" for a public inquiry.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2013
• Behind the story: A city’s shame

  Producer Brennan Leffler talks about how 16×9 uncovered the truth about a Saint John, NB police officer who abused children for at least 25 years, and how the scandal remained a secret for decades.

  Investigations

  Sep 28, 2013
• A city’s shame: reliving childhood sexual abuse

  Ryan has spent nearly the last half-century battling his demons, and trying to emerge from a haze of confusion, shame and depression after being repeatedly sexually abused in the late 1960’s. His abuser was a Saint John Police Sargeant named Kenneth Estabrooks.

  Sep 28, 2013
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• A city’s shame: uncovering long-held secrets

  David Perry has been investigating sex crimes for more than three decades, first as a Toronto Police officer, now as a private investigator. Even with all that experience, watching and listening as victims re-live childhood sexual abuse never gets easier.

  Sep 27, 2013