I’m glad that he got caught, but also wonder what could have been done to prevent this from happening in the first place. Under what circumstances was he able to assault the girls without anybody noticing immediately? What new rules are going to be enacted to ensure this can’t happen again?
This “can’t be named” rule really doesn’t help the unknown victims, does it?
The assailant is a minor who also should remain assumed innocent until guilt is proven.
This is the cost of protecting minors charged with crimes.
I get that we should protect the innocent, but it needs to be balanced in favour of other victims when it comes to with such serious crimes.
We issue names of adult accused rapists before they’ve seen their day in court, and we do so because other victims often do come forward.
Just earlier this year, a restaurant owner in Whitby was accused of sexual assault. “Investigators want to ensure there are no further victims”, so they released his name and something like 10 other victims came forward. That’s just how it is with sexual assault. It’s never just the one victim.
That’s not what I mean.
For instance, it’s hard enough for victims to come forward after a sexual assault if they feel isolated or “the only one” who experienced it. As a kid, it’s extremely difficult.
However, if a victim hears that their attacker has done this to other people who have come forward, it might give them the courage to also come forward. We hear this all the time when serial rapists are called out by sometimes dozens of victims after their name is published.
If the attacker is unknown, they might simply get away with those unreported assaults.
This perp might have molested neighbourhood kids, and you’d never know to ask your child if anything inappropriate happened if they remain anonymous.
Withholding the name of an attacker only serves to protect the attacker, not the victims.
They give the age of the boy, a specific date range, and the specific camp and physical location. Hopefully that is both enough for victims to identify the boy and to protect their own privacy from the general public.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A 14-year-old boy was charged in connection with the alleged sexual assaults of two young girls at a Toronto summer camp in July, Toronto police say.
The boy was enrolled in a leadership training program at a camp called Jack of Sports from July 17 to July 21, police said in a news release Tuesday.
The camp was held at Western Technical Commercial School.
Investigators allege that during this time, he repeatedly sexually assaulted two six-year-old girls.
He cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers.
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