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ONTARIO-A massage therapist charged with two counts of sexual assault has been terminated, his company said Saturday.
Matthew Lessard, 31, was charged in connection with incidents involving two female patients he treated last week at Massage Addict on 10th Line Road in Orléans, police said Friday.

In a statement on Saturday, Massage Addict CEO Fraser Clarke said the company dismissed Lessard after an internal investigation sparked by the allegations, rescheduling his clients’ appointments to other registered massage therapists. The company also “proactively reached out to the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario to report the incident and have been and will continue to co-operate fully with the Police on this matter.”

A company spokeswoman added that Lessard had been a registered therapist for five years and started working for Massage Addict in late 2017. Apart from the complaint that triggered the investigation and termination, the company was unaware of any previous complaints. Additional information on the case was not available because of the ongoing investigation.

The College of Massage Therapists of Ontario website lists a Matthew Lessard, with a note saying he had been charged with two counts of sexual assault.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ottawa Police Service tip line at 613-236-1222, ext. 5760.
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Massage therapist charged with sexual assault has been fired, company says

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A massage therapist charged with two counts of sexual assault has been terminated, his company said Saturday.Matthew Lessard, 31, was charged in connection with incidents involving two female patie…

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Sexual Abuse Network of Canada shared Canadian Centre for Child Protection's post.

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In June we released our report “Child Sexual Abuse by K-12 School Personnel in Canada”.
Over 20 yrs, we found 750 cases w 1,272 child victims.

We need transparency & accountability on disciplinary decisions, & training for all school staff.
#BigYearforC3P

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ONTARIO-The London Catholic Diocese says it will appeal a judge's ruling allowing a civil sexual abuse lawsuit against it to be re-opened.
Eighteen years ago, Irene Deschenes settled a civil suit against the diocese for abuse she suffered at the hands of Father Charles Sylvestre.
She was abused by the priest between 1970 and 1973 while she was a young girl and a student at St. Ursula Catholic School and parishioner of Sylvestre's parish in Chatham, Ont.

While extremely rare, Justice David Aston ruled Thursday Deschenes could re-open the suit given there was historic information that came to light after she settled her case.

It turns out the diocese was told about allegations of the priest's sexual misconduct back in 1962 when three 11-year old girls gave statements to Sarnia police.

The judge wrote that the reports were misfiled in old accounting records and not found until 2006, just months after Sylvestre was sentenced.

"The plaintiff would not have settled as she did in the fall of 2000 if they had known about the 1962 police reports," the judge wrote in his Nov. 27 decision.

Statement from diocese
The diocese released a brief statement by email Friday saying it would appeal the judge's decision to set aside the settlement it had signed with Deschenes in 2000.

"We respect the Judge's decision but with respect to him, we disagree with his interpretation of the law," wrote diocese spokesperson Nelson Couto.
Sylvestre pleaded guilty in August 2006 to the sexual assaults of 47 victims, all girls under the age of 18. The abuse happened between 1952 and 1986. Sylvestre died in prison in 2007.

Deschenes had settled with the diocese for $100,000.
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London Catholic diocese to appeal judge's sex abuse ruling | CBC News

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The London Catholic Diocese says it will appeal a judge's ruling that is allowing a civil sexual abuse lawsuit against it to be re-opened.

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Global Affairs Canada recently issued advisories for a list of countries where women have reported being sexually assaulted, in some cases by resort staff.

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WARNING DISTURBING CONTENT-Philip Chicoine of Saskatoon was originally sentenced to 12 years; Crown wanted 17 years
Philip Chicoine, pictured at his brother's wedding in Saskatoon in 2012, admitted that he directed the real-time sexual abuse of children overseas using the computer program Skype from his parents' home in Saskatoon. (Michelle Berg)
WARNING: This story contains content some readers may find disturbing.

A panel of judges in Regina has reserved its decision on the Crown's appeal of a sentence handed down in a child pornography case.

In November 2017, Philip Chicoine of Saskatoon was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to 40 child porn-related charges. The Crown had sought a 17-year sentence.
The Crown filed a notice of appeal in January.

Last year, court heard that Chicoine met women online in Romania and the Philippines and told them how to abuse children while he watched via streaming video.

A Mountie who took part in the investigation testified that the evidence he reviewed was so disturbing and depraved that he had to seek counselling.
During sentencing, the judge in the case said there is hope that Chicoine, who was 28, can be rehabilitated.

The judge recommended that he serve his sentence at a federal psychiatric facility.
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Judges reserve decision on Crown's appeal of longest child porn sentence in Sask. history | CBC News

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WARNING: This story contains content some readers may find disturbing.

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