The Current18:05More men report sexual misconduct in Canada’s military
WARNING: This article contains details of abuse and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it.
In the late 1970s, Larry Beattie says he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a superior officer while serving aboard a ship in the Canadian navy, and threatened against reporting it.
“He always told me that if I was to talk to anybody about it, I would end up with the garbage, you know, overboard at night … he would throw me over the side,” Beattie told The Current’s Matt Galloway.
Beattie,
