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We hope to open our doors soon.
Until then you can write us.
We also put you links that can help and direct you: Resources for Victims of Sexual Assault
Partnerships have been in made with Hotlines to help you and your parents. They are people who know your pain, who are there to listen. Do not hesitate to call them, they can also guide you. Their services are free and their telephone lines are available 24 / 7 days.
Centre pour les victimes d’agression sexuelle de Montréal
(514) 934-4504
The assault, also affects the family. If you are a parent who needs to talk, there is a hotline specializes in parent-child relationships that knows what you going through. They are experiences professionals whom have faced several times similar situations. Just call.
La ligne Parents
(514) 288-5555 (Montréal)
1 800 361-5085 (Extérieur)
Centre d'intervention en abus sexuels pour la famille (CIASF)
If you are in the Outaouais region, they also can help you.
www.ciafs.org |
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Does a person charged with sexual assault can defend itself by claiming it was under the influence of alcohol or drugs when she attacked me?
The accused can not invoke his drinking or the influence of drugs as an excuse for sexual assault. It can claim that because of the drink or drugs, he thought you had consented to sexual acts. Thus, the rule is that the belief of the accused to consent does not come from voluntary weakening of his faculties.
The courts have recognized that extreme intoxication resulting in a lack of awareness around the insanity or automatism may be a defense to a sexual assault. It is, however, is a strong exception.
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I filed a complaint, what happens after?
After complaints, the police will investigate. You will meet with an investigator from the Sexual Assault Squad and answer questions.
The State pursues the criminal aggressor. This process costs you nothing financially. The individual convicted can be sentenced to imprisonment and will, without doubt, have a criminal record.
A civil suit against the perpetrator is also possible, but this time at your expense. The lawsuit will allow you to apply to the aggressor a sum of money for the damage it has caused.
The criminal and civil result in two trials independent of each other, the prosecutor is not the same (the state in a case, in the other) and the evidence to do is totally different. |
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Is there a compensation program for victims of sexual assault?
In Quebec, there is a compensation program for victims of crime. To be eligible for compensation, the claimant must meet the following conditions:
the claimant must have been sexually assaulted;
sexual assault must have been committed in Quebec;
sexual assault should not have taken place in the workplace;
sexual assault causing injury to the victim (claims);
the claimant must prove the crime with the conviction or police reports or medical;
the claimant must file a claim within one year after the event or in the year of the unveiling of sexual assault by the victim to another person.
When eligibility criteria are met, the Directorate for the compensation of victims of crime can repay, the victim, lost wages, cost of care, medication, psychotherapy sessions, etc..
The Office for review of the Directorate for the compensation of victims of crime which took the decision to compensate a victim. It is possible to bring this decision on appeal before the Administrative Tribunal of Quebec. |
How to press charges for sexual assault?
If you've just been assaulted, call 911. The operator will respond to take note of your details and send to you the police. You can also file complaints by visiting a police station. Remember that it is always time to lodge a complaint against a person who sexually assaulted you. |
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