Posted: May 02, 2021 11:38 AM ET | Last Updated: May 2
Maj.-Gen. Peter Dawe, head of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, wrote a positive character reference to a judge for a soldier found guilty of sexually assaulting the wife of another member in his chain of command. He s been placed on leave.(Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press)
The commander of Canada s Special Forces is being placed on leave indefinitely with pay following revelations that he wrote a letter in support of a soldier found guilty of sexual assaulting another soldier s wife in his chain of command ahead of sentencing in a 2017 case.
Posted: Apr 30, 2021 11:41 AM ET | Last Updated: May 1
Commander of the Special Forces Maj.-Gen. Peter Dawe wrote a positive character reference to a judge for a soldier found guilty of sexually assaulting the wife of another member in his chain of command. (Patrick Doyle/Canadian Press)
The commander of Canada s Special Forces will be leaving his post early after it was revealed this week that he wrote a letter in support of another soldier convicted of sexual assault and failed to support the victims.
Maj.-Gen. Peter Dawe was set to be rotated out of his current position leading the country s elite commando unit this summer.
Posted: Apr 28, 2021 4:59 PM ET | Last Updated: April 29
Retired military couple describes ‘painful betrayal’
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7:45Kevin and Annalise Schamuhn describe what it was like when high-ranking military officers chose to support a convicted sexual offender who had assaulted Annalise, and explain why they are speaking out now.7:45
A retired former major with Canada s special forces says he felt betrayed after senior military leaders gave positive character references to a soldier found guilty of sexually assaulting his wife while offering no support to his family.
Kevin Schamuhn s regiment and a deputy commander in his chain of command, Maj.-Gen. Peter Dawe, submitted letters to a judge in 2017 prior to a sentencing hearing for Maj. Jonathan Hamilton.