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Sheldon Kennedy And A Canadian Tragedy Revisited, M. B. Preston
Sheldon Kennedy And A Canadian Tragedy Revisited, M. B. Preston
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
National Hockey League player Sheldon Kennedy's 1997 revelation that his award-winning junior hockey coach had molested him for years created a national outcry in Canada. It resulted in the appointment of a special commission and declarations from the United States and Canada that this must never happen again. However, Kennedy was not alone; child sexual exploitation occurs at the hands of youth coaches across geographic and class boundaries and across individual and team sports.
Youth sports organizations, including schools, have approached the human and legal issues presented by child sexual exploitation in numerous ways. This Note analyzes the differences between--and …