A former swim instructor at a Nova Scotia youth detention centre is facing dozens of charges related to sexual assault allegations. RCMP say they’ve identified 300 victims, and there could be more. Heidi Petracek explains the accusations, and why at least one prisoner advocate says the alleged abuse was an “open secret.”
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