'I have lived with the abuse I suffered,' one player said. 'Coming out with my story has been extremely difficult'
QUEBEC — Premier François Legault is calling on the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to provide a public explanation after disturbing revelations in a recent Ontario court decision of sexual assault and torture suffered by teenage players.
Earlier, the provincial minister responsible for sports, Isabelle Charest, said news reports of the abuse had left her speechless and been met with general indignation. She said her announcement in 2020 of an independent complaints officer to give victims a voice was "a step in the right direction." The ruling quotes from sworn statements by unidentified players describing what they experienced when they were as young as 15. One player, identified as FF, said that as part of a rookie initiation, a hockey stick was forcibly inserted into his anus, an experience that at least one other player said also happened to him.
He added that players were also "compelled to sexually assault and gang rape young women invited to team parties."
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