WARNING: This article contains details of abuse
At 16, Rita hadn’t really dated anyone, but a man almost twice her age convinced the teenager he would be her first boyfriend.
That man was her teacher.
“He took me to a romantic dinner in a French restaurant in Toronto, and we went back to his house and ended up in his bed,” said Rita, who has asked CBC to use only her first name.
“He made me believe this was going to go somewhere.”
Rita continues to deal with the pain and guilt of what she says was grooming and sexual assault when she attended Markham
