Courageous Acts and Justice

Some of us can imagine what Mr. Dunlop, this brave soul and his family have gone through.
As many of us know, power, privilege and money trump human rights, justice and accountability
for the heinous and criminal actions of certain individuals in our communities.

BC had Judge Ramsey, who I'm told was known in the professional, legal and law enforcement community to be sexually abusing young women in Prince George for some time before he was ever caught, only by virtue of the courage of the young women who blew the whistle. They were not only violated and abused by him, but some who also were forced to appear in front of him as a sitting judge in child protection matters.

Ex-officer gets 6 months for refusal to testify at sex-abuse inquiry

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 5, 2008 11:24 AM ET Comments1Recommend16
The Canadian Press

A former police officer has been handed a six-month jail sentence for his refusal to testify at a public inquiry largely of his making.

Perry Dunlop has said he will not appear before the inquiry, which is probing institutional response to allegations of systemic sexual abuse in Cornwall, Ont.

A Toronto court heard Wednesday the 46-year-old father of three can 'purge' his contempt conviction at any time by testifying before the inquiry, and could then apply for immediate release from jail.

Dunlop was a police officer in the eastern Ontario city when he began an off-hours investigation of an alleged pedophile ring.

A provincial police investigation, dubbed Project Truth, laid about 115 charges against 15 men, but failed to uncover any evidence of a ring. Only one person was convicted.

Dunlop, who now lives in Duncan, B.C., has said he doesn't have the heart to face the "barrage" of lawyers at the inquiry.

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Ex-cop Dunlop says he doesn't have the heart to face grilling at sex abuse inquiry
IN DEPTH: Cornwall public inquiry Sorting fact from fiction in the sex abuse scandal

Last Updated Nov. 6, 2007
CBC News
On Feb. 13, 2006, a public inquiry opened in Cornwall, Ont., into a case that has dogged the region for decades. It involved allegations that a ring of pedophiles had operated in the eastern Ontario community since the late 1950s.

There had been sordid tales that the ring passed its victims among its members, which allegedly included members of the region's Roman Catholic clergy, police and probation officers, and other professionals in the community.

Justice Normand Glaude of Sudbury, Ont., is shown in this undated handout photo.

Police investigations, including the high-profile Ontario Provincial Police probe Project Truth, yielded more than 100 charges against more than two dozen men. Only a handful of them were convicted, and police found no evidence of an organized ring of pedophiles.