CANADA
Ottawa Sun
SABRINA BEDFORD, THE RECORDER AND TIMES
“Mr. Rancourt, you no longer own me.”
That statement, from a woman in a case of sexual exploitation and sexual assault, was part of a powerful victim impact statement delivered Friday at the Brockville courthouse that left many in the courtroom in tears.
“I was outsmarted and manipulated by a person I trusted,” said the victim of years abuse at the hands of her high school teacher, adding she has been diagnosed with depression, anxiety and PTSD in the aftermath of the abuse.
“I can’t walk down the street. I live each and every day in fear of being hit, of being yelled at, of being used as a sexual tool.”
Dave Rancourt, a former teacher at St. Mary Catholic High School, was found guilty on one count of sexual exploitation and one count of sexual assault in July.
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