![]() ![]() Member of Parliament George Chahal called for the Stampede to come clean over its relationship with Heerema and what it knew about his activities. ![]() “They should have acted and they should have investigated.” The Stampede had plenty of chances to act earlier than 2014, R.W. One of the complainants in 2008 referred to performance school policy on inappropriate contact with students, writing: “I have witnessed Phil do this on several occasions, I am confused as to why this has gone on for so long with Phil.” The documents indicate there were further formal complaints from staff in 2008. Those documents, which the plaintiffs’ lawyers say the Stampede has not contested, state the first complaint about Heerema happened in 1988. “(The documents) clearly lay out multiple times since 1988 that people had come forward.” “(The Stampede) says they should have known sooner,” R.W. “We took immediate action upon learning of the allegations in 2014,” it said.Ĭourt documents from last week’s settlement - which include evidence from Heerema’s criminal trial - allege concerns about him were reported to Stampede authorities as early as 1988. In a statement last week, the Stampede said it didn’t hear of problems until 2014, when it acted. Philip Heerema is serving a 10-year sentence for luring six boys into sexual relationships when he worked for the school. The documents outline the settlement in which the Stampede accepts responsibility in a class-action lawsuit alleging a staffer at its Young Canadians School of Performing Arts groomed and abused boys over many years. “I think what they told Calgarians and Canadians is just not true,” said the man, identified in court documents as R.W. One of the three dozen men behind a sexual abuse lawsuit filed against the Calgary Stampede says its apology after a partial court settlement last week falls short. ![]()
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