Alpine Canada apologizes to victims of former national ski coach Bertand Charest
MONTREAL — The chair of the board of Alpine Canada has apologized to the victims of a former national ski coach convicted of sexual assault.
Martha Hall Findlay says the organization failed to support Bertrand Charest’s teenage victims when its leaders learned about his behaviour in 1998.
Charest was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting teenage girls he trained.
The offences took place both before and during Charest’s stint with Alpine Canada’s women’s development team between 1996 and 1998.