Quebec’s head of youth protection resigns after sex scandal at Montreal detention facility
October 28, 2024
Quebec’s national director of youth protection has resigned, days after a media report claimed that educators at a Montreal detention centre for troubled minors had sexual relations with detainees.Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant confirmed to Radio-Canada today that he'd asked Catherine Lemay to resign and she had done so.Her departure comes days after La Presse reported that nine female employees at the Cité-des-Prairies rehabilitation centre allegedly had sexual intercourse with at least five minor residents, and that one of the educators had a baby with a detainee.
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