A lack of trust in police, fear of being mistreated and disbelieved are some of the reasons vulnerable women did not report being sexually exploited by the gunman who went on to kill 22 Nova Scotians in April 2020, according to the commission examining the mass shooting.
The recently released final report of the Mass Casualty Commission provides a disturbing insight into the gunman’s exploitation of Indigenous and African Nova Scotian women for years. Some victims of his violence and intimidation were denture patients at his clinics in Dartmouth and Halifax.
The inquiry heard how he would try to exchange dental work for sex in cases where people could not pay
