Historical Assaults Investigated By Wrong Police Officers?

April 24, 2008 — Were historical sexual abuse cases assigned to the wrong Cornwall police officers? A lawyer at the Cornwall Public Inquiry suggests the answer is yes in at least one situation. Retired police officer Kevin Malloy was tasked with his first historical child sex abuse case in 1989 and some would say it was not investigated properly. Victims Group lawyer Dallas Lee suggested to Malloy that a lack of experience may have been the issue. (Hear audio clip below) In earlier testimony, we heard that a different officer was far "too junior" to be looking into a complex historical child sex abuse case. Hearings continue later this morning.

“MR. MALLOY: Well, I had been on the job for 10 years at that point.”]