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P.E.I. Opposition Demands Inquiry Into Source Of Sex Assault Allegations

The Canadian Press, 04 Jul, 2016 01:30 PM
    CHARLOTTETOWN — The Opposition in P.E.I. is calling for an inquiry into the bizarre case of a non-verbal, autistic woman whose caregivers at a group home claimed she had accused her father of sexual assault.
     
    The father was never charged, but the case made national headlines when a judge concluded the province acted in a "deplorable" manner by failing to conduct an investigation into the source of the allegations.
     
    The Crown dropped the case after a psychologist assessed the woman's ability to communicate via a widely disputed method known as facilitated communication.
     
    The psychologist concluded the 35-year-old woman, who has the intellectual capacity of a two-year-old, could not have made the allegations attributed to her.
     
    Progressive Conservative health critic James Aylward says the province should issue a directive ordering all government-assisted agencies to stop using facilitated communication.
     
    Aylward says an inquiry is needed to determine how this "deeply troubling" case was handled, and to make sure no other family endures a similar ordeal.

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