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Quebecs head of youth protection steps down after sex scandal at detention facility – Montreal [Video]

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Quebec’s provincial director of youth protection has resigned, days after a media report claimed that educators at a Montreal detention centre for troubled minors had sexual relations with detainees.

Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant confirmed to Radio-Canada Monday that he had asked Catherine Lemay to resign and she had done so.

Her departure comes days after La Presse reported that nine female employees at the Cité-des-Prairies rehabilitation centre allegedly had sexual intercourse with at least five minor residents, and that one of the educators had a baby with a detainee.

Both the centre’s management and the police are investigating the allegations of sexual misconduct at the facility, which houses some of the most troubled young people in Quebec’s youth protection network, including those convicted of serious crimes.

The regional health authority for south-central Montrealwould not confirm the details in the La Presse report but said last week that two managers at the detention centre were “temporarily removed” …

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