WEBVTT NOTE language en-ca 00:00:00.350 --> 00:00:03.230 Since KL Hockey started at summer camp last month, CBC 00:00:03.230 --> 00:00:05.830 News has learned one of its lead instructors continued to 00:00:05.830 --> 00:00:09.470 work with kids until last week, despite having pleaded guilty 00:00:09.470 --> 00:00:11.990 in April to two counts of assaulting children known to 00:00:11.990 --> 00:00:12.190 him. 00:00:12.510 --> 00:00:14.164 That instructor is Bradley Gibbs, 00:00:14.215 --> 00:00:15.870 a Durham Regional Police Officer. 00:00:16.190 --> 00:00:18.430 CBC News spoke with one of the victims who is 00:00:18.430 --> 00:00:19.470 now an adult. 00:00:19.750 --> 00:00:21.870 If I sent my kid to one of those camps, 00:00:21.870 --> 00:00:22.190 I would... 00:00:22.950 --> 00:00:23.790 be really concerned. 00:00:24.070 --> 00:00:26.750 We've altered their voice and hidden their identity because it's 00:00:26.750 --> 00:00:29.030 protected by a court ordered publication ban. 00:00:29.270 --> 00:00:31.430 They say Gibbs is a co-founder of the camp and 00:00:31.670 --> 00:00:34.550 believes the camp's owners knew about his guilty pleas. 00:00:34.870 --> 00:00:37.750 They would never hire someone with a criminal record like 00:00:37.910 --> 00:00:38.030 that. 00:00:38.150 --> 00:00:41.430 So I think a lot of people would agree with 00:00:41.510 --> 00:00:44.630 me that him being fired from his job would be 00:00:44.630 --> 00:00:45.030 fair. 00:00:45.390 --> 00:00:48.030 After CBC News reached out to Kale Hockey and Gibbs, 00:00:48.030 --> 00:00:50.430 the camp sent an e-mail to parents last week saying 00:00:50.430 --> 00:00:52.910 Gibbs would no longer be working at the camp. 00:00:53.310 --> 00:00:56.430 Given the recent attention surrounding this matter, Brad believes that 00:00:56.430 --> 00:00:59.070 stepping back is in the best interest of our players, 00:00:59.150 --> 00:01:02.830 families and camp community, wrote camp director Amanda Tails. 00:01:03.150 --> 00:01:05.910 The e-mail to parents included a letter from Gibbs saying 00:01:05.910 --> 00:01:09.390 he took full responsibility for a personal legal matter, saying 00:01:09.390 --> 00:01:12.750 he accepted accountability for my laps in judgment. 00:01:13.070 --> 00:01:14.677 Neither Gibbs nor the camp elaborated 00:01:14.677 --> 00:01:15.270 what the legal 00:01:15.390 --> 00:01:17.246 matter was in their messages to 00:01:17.246 --> 00:01:17.710 parents. 00:01:18.030 --> 00:01:20.430 In a statement to CBC News, Kale Hockey said it 00:01:20.430 --> 00:01:23.070 would not be making any further comments while the case 00:01:23.070 --> 00:01:24.750 is still before the courts. 00:01:25.070 --> 00:01:26.714 Gibbs did not respond to our request 00:01:26.714 --> 00:01:27.470 for an interview. 00:01:27.950 --> 00:01:30.990 In Ontario, there is no legislation requiring summer camps to 00:01:30.990 --> 00:01:33.150 perform security checks of their staff. 00:01:33.470 --> 00:01:36.990 The Ontario Camps Association says it requires its 400 members 00:01:36.990 --> 00:01:40.830 to perform criminal background checks, but its membership is voluntary. 00:01:41.070 --> 00:01:44.110 And the association says it does not mandate what action 00:01:44.110 --> 00:01:45.070 camp leaders should take 00:01:45.430 --> 00:01:46.990 after those checks are completed. 00:01:47.270 --> 00:01:49.950 And KL Hockey doesn't have to follow those same standards 00:01:50.270 --> 00:01:52.350 because it's not a member of the association. 00:01:52.750 --> 00:01:55.390 The Ministry of Education requires day camps for children under 00:01:55.390 --> 00:01:57.230 4 to get a childcare license. 00:01:57.550 --> 00:02:00.350 Each staff member has to complete a vulnerable sectors check, 00:02:00.510 --> 00:02:03.550 a deeper screening process that includes criminal background checks for 00:02:03.550 --> 00:02:05.710 anyone with positions of authority over kids. 00:02:05.950 --> 00:02:08.590 But camps for older kids don't fall under the ministry 00:02:08.590 --> 00:02:09.070 scope. 00:02:09.510 --> 00:02:11.830 This is a big gap in the legislation. 00:02:11.910 --> 00:02:13.610 Puneet Tewari is an employment lawyer 00:02:13.610 --> 00:02:14.550 based out of Toronto. 00:02:14.750 --> 00:02:17.910 He says Ontario should be mandating vulnerable sector checks for 00:02:17.910 --> 00:02:19.990 anyone entrusted with caring for children. 00:02:20.310 --> 00:02:22.471 Parents are entitled to expect a safe 00:02:22.471 --> 00:02:22.870 system. 00:02:23.190 --> 00:02:24.801 They are not expected to become 00:02:24.801 --> 00:02:25.910 private investigators. 00:02:26.070 --> 00:02:30.110 The camp bears the responsibility to screen, supervise and act 00:02:30.110 --> 00:02:31.350 on relevant information. 00:02:31.830 --> 00:02:34.270 The Ministry of Education would not provide answers to our 00:02:34.270 --> 00:02:37.230 questions asking why these types of checks are not mandated 00:02:37.230 --> 00:02:39.870 across day and overnight camps and whether there are any 00:02:39.870 --> 00:02:42.910 safeguards in place to ensure staff and volunteers at these 00:02:42.910 --> 00:02:44.830 camps do not have criminal convictions. 00:02:45.150 --> 00:02:48.030 CBC News also asked the Ministry of the Solicitor General 00:02:48.230 --> 00:02:51.070 whether the province would consider creating that legislation. 00:02:51.390 --> 00:02:53.150 We did not receive a response. 00:02:53.590 --> 00:02:56.710 Regional police told CBC News Gibbs has been redeployed from 00:02:56.710 --> 00:02:59.350 frontline patrol duties to an administrative role. 00:02:59.590 --> 00:03:01.710 It said it will determine whether he will be subject 00:03:01.710 --> 00:03:04.430 to a disciplinary hearing after the outcome of his court 00:03:04.430 --> 00:03:04.950 case. 00:03:05.190 --> 00:03:07.510 Gibbs is scheduled to be back in court for sentencing 00:03:07.510 --> 00:03:08.150 next month. 00:03:08.470 --> 00:03:10.710 Christian Devino, CBC News, Lindsay.