Kennedy says Chicago Blackhawks scandal an example of how ‘systemic response’ must change
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Sheldon Kennedy said he thinks the Blackhawks sex assault scandal provides an example of an organization using a "systemic response,'' something he feels needs to change in sport.
Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy said he thinks the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault scandal provides an example of an “archaic approach” of an organization using a “systemic response,” something he feels needs to change in sport.
“We need to get to the point where winning at all costs isn’t our No. 1 priority,” he said.
A recent report by an outside law firm detailed how senior leaders of the Blackhawks badly mishandled allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted player Kyle Beach during the team’s Stanley Cup run in 2010.
Reached Thursday in Lucky Lake, Sask., Kennedy said that “taught skills” are required so that everyone can have a clear understanding of how to properly deal with such cases.
“Posters and buttons and policies and procedures don’t change culture,” he said. “Until sport makes this a priority as they do winning, they’ll never have the change that I think people expect from them.”
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Kennedy has been a leading voice for sexual abuse victims following his own experience being abused by then-coach Graham James for five years during his time as a junior hockey player.
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