‘Makes me sick’

Dear Editor:

The audacious prevarication by the board of directors at Hockey Canada is heinous!

For this group to unilaterally decide the outcome of a sexual assault is an affront to every Canadian. I guess they presume that the direction of funds and the decision not to report the assaults to the appropriate authorities is their province.

Well, even though some of the directors are members of our judicial society, they do not receive special powers. For them to clandestinely “settle” the sexual assault cases smacks of self imposed omnipotence. To take the money (mostly children’s) and divert this money to the secret settlement of a sexual assault is despicable.

The repercussions to the guilty and the board of directors should be life long. To know now that the money I paid into little league hockey was used to settle a sexual assault makes me sick.

Jim McClure, Crieff