CANADA
Huffington Post
Zi-Ann Lum
ziann.lum@huffingtonpost.com
Two sets of doors were always closed before Sen. Don Meredith felt comfortable starting any meeting in his office across Parliament Hill.
The first leads to a shared hallway, the second to Meredith’s desk. Shutting them both seemed to give him a sense of privacy and control.
Staff members found it bizarre, but they did what their boss asked. “Constant paranoia” was a running theme in the office, one former female aide said.
Behind those doors, they claim, the senator began inappropriately touching his female employees. …
Meredith, who is also a pastor, would declare that they should pray together, according to the ex-worker.
“The way that his religion prays is to actually put a hand on the person next to you — and he would use that excuse to touch me more than just putting his hand on my shoulder for the prayer,” she said, alleging the senator used the intimacy of prayer to touch her breast and her bottom.
She said “it was sickening” and made her feel violated “every time.”
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