The report's authors recommended King's compensate victims financially when warranted, and settle any legal actions related to the case. It was released last month, and concluded that Hankey 'engaged in a pattern of predatory and abusive behaviour towards some young men' that included subtle solicitation, sexual suggestion, homophobic remarks and sexual assault. Review and recommendationsĪfter the criminal allegations became public, King's announced an independent review of accusations against the professor, and hired Toronto law firm Rubin Thomlinson to investigate and file a report. It also says the defendants should have known Hankey had 'displayed abusive and sexual exploitative tendencies' and that they failed to identify warning signs or investigate allegations and suspicions of inappropriate and illegal conduct.

The lawsuit claims King's, Dalhousie and the Church had a duty to protect the plaintiff from abuse and should have known he did not have the 'qualifications or character' to hold his titles. The statement of claim says Hankey used his position as professor, tutor and director of the Foundation Year Program at King's, as well as his status as special lecturer at Dalhousie and ordained minister of the Anglican Church to sexually assault the plaintiff. Now, University of King's College professor Wayne Hankey faces a reckoning In 2021, Hankey was charged with sexual assault, gross indecency and indecent assault involving three male complainants for incidents they allege occurred between 19.ĬBC Investigates Rumours swirled for decades. The lawsuit, filed through Wagners Law Firm, claims general damages for pain and suffering, as well as special, aggravated and punitive damages and legal costs. The plaintiff, in shock, ran out of the room and withdrew from King's shortly thereafter.' 'Hankey then put his hand on the inside of the plaintiff's gym shorts and ran his hand towards the plaintiff's genitals. 'As the tutoring and mentoring session progressed, Hankey inched his chair ever closer to the plaintiff,' reads the statement of claim. The man, whom CBC News is not naming because he was previously a complainant in a criminal case against Hankey, alleges he was a student in the Foundation Year Program at King's in autumn 1982 when he attended his first tutoring and mentoring session with the professor at a residence on campus. A man who says he was sexually assaulted by former Halifax professor Wayne John Hankey in 1982 has filed a civil lawsuit against the professor's estate, the University of King's College, Dalhousie University and an Anglican diocese.

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