Son charged with sexual assault, father says incident shows gaps in health-care system. | CBCNews
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary was called to Bowring Park in the west end of St. John's around 3:30 p.m. Monday to a report of an assault on a woman.Woman assaulted in Bowring Park says mental health system failed her and alleged attacker
A woman wrote in a now widely shared post on Facebook that she was sunbathing at Bowring Park when a man jumped on top of her and grabbed at her bikini bottom. She said she cried for help, and he continued to ask for one more hug. The woman did not respond to CBC News' request for comment.Calvin Flynn's son's art covers the walls in their west end St. John's home, including this homage to people with autism.
"I'm sorry this happened. I'm sorry the system failed us, and it bloody well definitely failed her, and I can't take back what happened but I want to tell you my son did not intentionally want to hurt or sexually assault you," he said, addressing the woman. They moved to St. John's so his son could attend a transition program at the Autism Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, but Flynn said he was told his son wasn't suited for that program. What followed, he said, has been a series of failed programs and a chronic lack of medical care, adding that he has been waiting four years for his child to see a psychiatrist.
"They're going to fall through the cracks and one of these days society is going to be here with a bunch of adult autistic people with absolutely no help, and then where do we go?"
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