Quebec’s Head of Youth Protection Resigns After Sex Scandal at Detention Facility

Quebec’s Head of Youth Protection Resigns After Sex Scandal at Detention Facility
Catherine Lemay, national director of youth protection, speaks at a news conference at the legislature in Quebec City, on Dec. 1, 2021. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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Quebec’s national 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 today that he'd asked Catherine Lemay to resign and she had done so.