TORONTO (ONTARIO, CANADA)
CBC News
November 9, 2020
By Paige Parsons
After decades of silence, a group of men came forward alleging Anglican priest Gordon Dominey sexually assaulted them in the 1980s, when they were teen inmates at an Edmonton youth jail. Dominey died before the case could go to trial, leaving the men with an uncertain path to justice.
One man was watching TV at a Calgary homeless shelter in February 2016 when the priest’s face flashed on the screen.
Another was lying in bed in British Columbia when he saw it on the news. Another man, in Manitoba, saw the face he couldn’t forget flash up on Facebook.
Others were reading the newspaper — in a living room in downtown Edmonton, at work in Saskatchewan.
One by one, the men recognized the Anglican priest from their past.
Rev. Gordon Dominey was set to go to trial on 33 charges related to alleged historical sexual offences against 13 teen inmates at the Edmonton Youth Development Centre.
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