Quebec minister outraged by reported sexual abuse in youth rehabilitation centre [Video]

Quebec’s social services minister says he’s outraged by reports that educators at a detention centre for youth in Montreal had sexual relations with minor detainees — and that one of the employees allegedly had a baby with a teenage resident.

Lionel Carmant told reporters Friday that both the detention facility and the police are investigating allegations of sexual misconduct at the Cité-des-Prairies rehabilitation centre. The facility houses some of the most troubled young people in Quebec’s youth protection system, most of whom have committed crimes, including murder and weapons trafficking.

“It’s heartbreaking, there are no other words,” Carmant said, speaking at an unrelated announcement in Montreal. “Sexual abuse by people in power is intolerable, intolerable in all environments.”

La Presse reported that nine female employees at the detention centre 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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