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  HALIFAX -- A long-time professor at Halifax’s University of King’s College, who was already facing one charge of sexual assault, is now facing a second charge of sexual assault and a charge of indecent assault. Halifax Regional Police say officers in the Sexual Assault Investigation Team have charged 76-year-old Wayne John Hankey of Halifax in relation to historical sexual assaults that occurred in Halifax in the late 1970s to the 1980s. Hankey was charged with one count of sexual assault in relation to an alleged incident against a man that occurred in 1982, and one count of indec...

Posted: Feb 10, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 10 Wayne John Hankey was once an Anglican priest, but was deprived of that office by the church in 1991 after an allegation of sexual abuse by a former student.(CBC) A recently reported allegation of sexual assault against a Halifax professor is raising questions about why he was permitted to continue teaching for decades after he was disciplined in the early 1990s by his university in a separate sexual abuse case. Wayne John Hankey, 76, was charged with sexual assault on Feb. 1 for an incident that occurred in student housing on the...

  HALIFAX -- A long-time professor at Halifax’s University of King’s College has been charged with sexual assault in relation to a 1988 incident. Halifax Regional Police say officers in the Sexual Assault Investigation Team have charged 76-year-old Wayne John Hankey of Halifax with one count of sexual assault. Police say they received a report in September 2020 of a historic sexual assault against a man that occurred in student housing of University of King’s College campus in 1988. Hankey was an employee at the university at the time of the incident. Hankey is scheduled to appear...