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Doctor apologizes for allowing registered sex offenders to retreat sexual assault survivors Now, the doctor in charge of Project Trauma Support says she regrets that she has decided to allow registered sex offenders to mentor a group of sexual assault survivors with post-traumatic stress disorder under her care. Seven female first responders and veterans of the Canadian Forces Shared their stories publicly with CBC News yesterday. They said that Dr. Manuela Joannou violated their trust because she failed to tell them that her most recent peer tutor was convicted in two separate sexual assault...

CBC News obtained an image of a statement posted by Joannou to Facebook on Wednesday apologizing to participants in her program. "I am deeply saddened by the compounded hurt and pain that having a registered sex offender as a mentor on our program in 2018 has caused for so many people," Joannou wrote in the Facebook post. "If I had a chance to do it all over again, this would not have happened. Did we make some errors in our early efforts? Undoubtedly, but it has shaped our awareness and our methods going forward."   The post comes a day after Joannou, in an exchange with CBC News, d...

Posted: May 11, 2021 4:20 PM ET | Last Updated: May 12 ‘I’m still hurting,’ retired corporal says after experience at trauma retreat Politics News4 days ago 3:43Tina Sharp describes her experience at Project Trauma Support and why she left the program feeling suicidal.3:43 Warning: The following story contains graphic details some readers may find disturbing Some Canadian Armed Forces veterans and first responders who are sexual assault survivors said they were outraged to learn their peer mentor at a women's trauma retreat was himself a registered sex offender. Project Trauma Support i...