Senior officer faces military charges for ‘inappropriate relationship’
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OTTAWA — The army police have charged a senior officer within the Canadian Armed Forces after an investigation into allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate.
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The workplace of Canada’s army police chief introduced on Wednesday that Lt.-Gen. Steven Whelan is dealing with two counts beneath the Nationwide Defence Act associated to “conduct to the unfairness of fine order and self-discipline.”
Whelan stepped except for his position as head of the Canadian army’s human assets final October as a consequence of an investigation by army police into “historic” allegations of sexual misconduct.
Whelan, who has beforehand denied wrongdoing, couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
Whelan took over as head of human assets after Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson stepped down from the position as a consequence of a police investigation.
In December, Edmundson was charged with one depend of sexual assault and one depend of indecent acts. His lawyer, Brian Greenspan, denied the allegations on the time.
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Edmundson’s trial is ready for August 2023 and might be heard within the civilian courtroom system.
Defence Minister Anita Anand stated final November the Forces would begin transferring circumstances involving legal sexual offences to civilian police forces and courts on an interim foundation.
Wednesday’s assertion on the costs laid in opposition to Whelan stated the Canadian Forces Nationwide Investigation Service’s probe didn’t reveal any supporting proof for laying legal expenses, because the allegations relate to offences “particular to the army context” that will not have been investigated by civilian police.
