Greg Kerfoot and Jeff Mallett “express sincere regret and empathy for the harm that has clearly come to many women who participated in our program” around 2008
The owners of the Vancouver Whitecaps are apologizing for how the club handled decade-old allegations of abuse and harassment by a former coach.
Allegations include rubbing a player’s thigh, sending players sexual text messages, making lewd comments and bullying young women who ignored or spoke out against his behaviour.The Whitecaps and Canada Soccer previously issued separate statements saying that concerns about behaviour within their programs in 2008 were investigated and, after the investigation was complete, the organizations parted ways with the coach.
The letter adds that the club will conduct a review of actions taken in 2008 “to determine what we can learn from them going forward. … The results of this effort will be shared publicly.”As we reflect on what happened in 2008 and the blogs that have been published over the last several weeks, we express sincere regret and empathy for the harm that has clearly come to many women who participated in our program at that time.
Upon recently reading in an online blog that there may be new allegations related to 2008, we immediately reported them to the Vancouver Police Department.
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