CANADA
Montreal Gazette
July 4, 2018
By Paul Cherry
The change to James’s parole appears to be based on a request from Fleury, who said in an interview that he wants to speak with James as part of a documentary.
The Parole Board of Canada has modified one of the conditions imposed on former junior hockey coach Graham James to allow the players he sexually abused to communicate with him while he continues to serve his sentence in Montreal.
The parole board recently made the decision while reviewing the conditions it set when James, 64, was released on full parole in September 2016 following a hearing at a federal penitentiary in Laval.
His first sentence, a 42-month prison term, began in 1997 and expired in 2000. One of the victims involved in that sentence was Sheldon Kennedy, who later played in the NHL. James did not reoffend, but other victims of his crimes, including former NHL player Theo Fleury, pursued charges several years later, which ultimately resulted in the seven-year prison term James is still serving.
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