Another Hearing Day, Another Sad Story At Inquiry

Cornwall News AM 1220

February 08, 2007 — Another alleged victim tells his tale of abuse at the Cornwall Public Inquiry. David Petepiece says a clergy member abused him when he was a patient at the Cornwall General Hospital when he was ten years old. Petepiece says the employee of the Trinity Anglican Church came to visit often and on a number of occasions asked if he could touch him. He says he is stunned to think that 50 years later it continues to affect him. Petepiece says the police said they could not lay a charge because invitation to sexual touching was not in the criminal code in 1956. It is also unclear who the alleged abuser was. Meanwhile, Petepiece says he had a negative experience when he was interviewed by the OPP because one of the officers was very intimidating. He says he wouldn't go through it again.