The RCMP are investigating at least 70 cases of sexual assault at a youth detention facility in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, and they say up to 200 people may come forward.
The alleged assaults occurred at the Nova Scotia Youth Centre in Waterville, N.S., between 1988 and 2017, the RCMP told a news conference Wednesday, adding that all 70 initial cases involved males.
Sgt. Brian Fitzpatrick said the police probe began in early 2019, when a team of 11 investigators was assembled.
“This is the biggest investigation I’ve been involved with in 19 years of service,” Fitzpatrick, a veteran investigator of sex crimes, told reporters.
He added that the greatest challenge in the case is the “sheer size, the amount of information we need to process and eventually disclose, and the amount of survivor witnesses who we have to deploy investigators to interview across Canada.”…