![]() “We as a community need to recognize, quite simply, that sexual violence is a very, very serious issue. Previously, the peak for the wait list was 71 back in January. ![]() In August, the centre was at its capacity of 100 people with a wait list reaching an all-time high of 80. “Sexual assaults in general is an epidemic, and it’s not slowing down,” said Charlebois. From March to August this year, 25 people have already been admitted.Īnd there are still seven months to go, she said. Kim Charlebois, the executive director of the Sexual Assault Centre for Quinte and District, said sexual assaults have increased over the past two years.īetween April 2010 and March 2011, 32 people were admitted to the hospital after being sexually assaulted. Sexual assaults are at crisis levels, according to a Belleville sexual assault centre.
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