23 February 2009

Posted By Staff

Coalition for Action lawyers Ian Paul and Frank Horn submitted a list of 10 recommendations this afternoon to address what they called a general failure by local institutions to respond to allegations of sexual abuse.

"This inquiry will be a watershed report for cities and towns all over the world," Horn said during the coalition's phase one submissions Monday.

The recommendations range from the need for an independent body to investigate allegations of conspiracy and corruption against high-level public officials to whistleblower protection for police officers like Const. Perry Dunlop.

The coalition suggested that the investigations by the OPP and the Ottawa Police into allegations of a Cornwall conspiracy "were so poor" that Cornwall's citizens could have no confidence in their outcomes.

On the same front, the coalition's written submissions recommend a formal mechanism that promotes the sharing of information between public institutions such as the police, probation services and the Children's Aid Society.

"There was a lot of pressure being put on everyone," Horn said.

Horn told the inquiry how he nearly wept when reviewing documents that showed some of the trials and tribulations of Const. Dunlop. He said that Dunlop needs an apology from a high-profile official "for what he went through."

The coalition also raised the points of victim access to their own Children's Aid Society records and that confidentiality clauses in favour of institutions, which the group suggest can bind victims of sexual abuse, should be banned in Ontario.

"I feel badly for the victims," Horn said in closing to Commissioner Normand Glaude. "They felt that the justice system let them down, but that you are not going to let them down."

Why would you weep for Perry Dunlop! Perry Dunlop would have done all sexual abuse victims and society a service by sharing the details of the trials and tribulations he claims to have endured with the Cornwall Public Inquiry. The damages Perry suffered pale compared to the lifelong consequences sexual abuse victims are burdened with. Dunlop may have started off well intentioned, but seemed to succumb to a personal agenda. There is little doubt that Perry connected with many victims as a beacon of hope. He also heard from many victims and had a responsibility to share the information with the authorities. Yes there will be claims " the fix is in" Really Perry missed the chance to share in a protected environment the exact betails of his observations. He could have expressed his concerns regarding the inquiry in the safety of the witness box at the CPI. The world was watching. Waiting. It became the Perry Dunlop show and really did nothing to help victims. It did keep the bloggers going along with the conspiracy theorists.It is hard to imagine that there are those that suggest that the CPI is a goverment funded coverup. Do you really think the powers that be would invest this energy into saving the butts of some aged deviants. There can be little doubt that the incidents of sexual abuse in Cornwall was and may still be very high, also the powers that be failed miserably in the past, but by being overly critical of the CPI, as well by failing to patricipate in a meaningfull fashion, great harm was done to the process and likely the outcome. In addition an orchestrated attempt to undermine the CPI was underway from day one. Weep not for Perry and his followers. Weep for the victims that will not benifet from active paticipation free from rhetoric and hysteria. The inquiry had and hopefully still has the power to impact sexual abuse on a national scale. It was the only show in Canada and with all the petty bickering and posturing we have all paid a huge price.Shame, shame, shame only in Canada.

Reply | Report | Page Top Post #1 By silentnomore,

As for this so-called Inquiry having the power to impact sexual abuse on a national scale, please read the Provincial Advocates Annual Report and you'll begin to understand why NOTHING will get done of any consequence whether provincial or nationally. As for your comment oh "silentnomore" regarding Perry Dunlop, he got the "shaft" from the system including his own force many times over, so if you think that what the coppers and the system did to Perry is OK, I guess you're in a dream world as they gave the victims the shaft by not doing something about it way back then. The cops, CAS, CCAS's, Min of C&Y oh and we can't forget the church in all this, all the way up to "Tricky Dick" our esteemed dictator for a few years will continue to cover their collective *sses as they have been doing all over this province for decades and decades and the abuse did and still does continue on unabated and will continue until laws are put in to hang the bastards who abuse ANY child and I'd gladly pull the lever to open the trap door. And oh yeh "silentnomore", your style of writing does quite well in giving us a hint as to the crap of silentnomore, you never were, just a different alias!!

Oh and by the by, in case some of you louts don't get REAL news out in CornHole, "copy & paste" the following into your address bar and read it & weep*******---

Reply | Report | Page Top Post #3 By grimreaper_47,

A protected enviroment.Ya right,if that is what you think.If only you truely new.

Reply | Report | Page Top Post #4 By luckyred,

Will this blame the whistleblower sheet ever stop.

Reply | Report | Page Top Post #5 By dodger,

Yes we should all weep for Mr. Perry Dunlop and his family.THEy gave up so much because perry did what no fellow officers would do. Go against his supperors.Thats the day he no longer became a team player and his troubles started.

Reply | Report | Page Top Post #6 By luckyred,

Grim is that the words of Armageddon aka dave???

 I see you neglect to provide the whole link to your advocate report. Is there a reason for that?

As for silentone being me, not likely but if it fuels your conspiracy theory I am good with that.

It is nice to read your point’s silentone.

Red and dodger, at no time in silentone’s post did he/she blame the whistle blower for blowing. Your responses to silentone show that you do not read what is written. You have an opinion and only think you are being attacked and close your mind. There is no blame for what Dunlop and family gave up. Silentone only commented, as I have in the past, that in the end Dunlop failed you just like the system. He misled people into believing that something could be done to better their lives, then when it came time to provide and stand up for what he claimed to believe in, he ran. That would qualify as a form of psychological abuse.

I bet if you take the time to think about what I said and not be angry or think I am attacking Perry, you can reason this out. If anyone in the system you despise so much had let people down as Perry did, you would be on them for the same reason we question Dunlop.

Silentone please feel free to correct me if I am in err on that point.