Halifax Regional Police have charged a professor in relation to a sexual assault that police say occurred in scholar housing in 1988.
Wayne John Hankey, 76, has been charged with one depend of sexual assault for an incident that’s alleged to have occurred whereas he was a professor on the College of King’s Faculty.
The incident was reported to police in September 2020.
HRP says it’s not releasing any additional particulars to guard the privateness of these concerned.
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King’s despatched a letter out to the neighborhood shortly after the cost was introduced on Monday.
“Hankey retired from King’s in 2015. Like different retired professors, he’s an Inglis Professor,” the letter learn.
“Whereas we respect the method of the legal justice system, we additionally acknowledge the braveness of those that step ahead to make a grievance to the police — and of everybody who steps ahead with their experiences.”
Signed by college president William Lahey, King’s will probably be “conducting an impartial overview to find out the information and an applicable response.”
A letter signed by College of King’s Faculty president William Lahey says an impartial overview will probably be carried out after a retired professor was charged with sexual assault on campus.
Dalhousie College says Hankey is a retired classics professor on the college, although he was instructing one course. The college says he’s stepping away from that course because of the cost.
“We will verify that Dr. Wayne Hankey is a retired professor who has agreed to step again from the one course he was instructing at Dalhousie in gentle of the circumstances,” mentioned Dalhousie College spokesperson Janet Bryson in an electronic mail.
“We’ll respectfully restrict additional remark given this matter is earlier than the courts.”
Each Dalhousie and Kings say they’ve a zero-tolerance coverage for sexual violence on campus and encourage any survivors to come back ahead.
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Halifax police say Hankey will seem in courtroom at a later date to face the cost.
“We encourage anybody who’s the sufferer of sexual assault to contact police,” HRP mentioned within the launch.
“We would like victims to know they won’t be judged, and will probably be handled with compassion, dignity and respect all through your entire investigative course of.”
Extra data on reporting sexual assault to HRP is on the market right here.
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